"Within" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) Color

"Within" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) ColorEtching and Aquatint, 1961, Ed. of 25, 5 9 16 x 5 3 8, signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, on cream wove paper. Printed at Bob Blackburn's workshop. One of a group of prints Ms. Martin created at the influential Blackburn workshop in 1961 2. The recipient of a Fulbright grant to work in Florence from 1958 9, this important CT artist continued to work in ceramic, collage, linocut, and batik. Other prints by Ms. Martin are in inventory and

little known outside of his home state

Fay's work deserves to be better known

A strong and lyrical deco era nude

but the absence of a fully legible signature or other information on this image and it's companion piece have delayed a more definitive identification

lithographs and color woodcuts

The artist was a capable student of Birger Sandzen and embraced a similar muscular and linear drawing style

10 x 6-7/16

Mat lines penciled in around image

as well as his  well known cityscapes can still exhibit traces of his early Secessionist style

dedicated lower left in ink

& titled at the lower left margin edge

2 of 6 plus a few AP's