MORTON GARCHIK (1929-2009) American artist. He studied at the School of Visual Arts where he won the First Prize in drawing. Since then he has received many more prizes. He designed of the Book cover of ìGimpel The Foolî by Isaac Bashevis Singer. His graphics have appeared in the Seattle Art Museumís International Exhibitions, the Honolulu Printmakers International, DePaul Univ. 7th Annual Contemporary American Printmakers Exhibition, 7th0 National at Ohio Univ., etc. He has had numerous one-man shows in the United States and Canada. In New York his work was represented by the Associated American Artists gallery. The Minnesota Museum of Art and The Library of Congress have acquired examples of his work. Original pencil signed woodcut printed in dark ochre, titled EMERGING PHILOSOPHER, numbered 13/200, image approx. 8.5 x 14 in. plus margins. Fine condition. Garchik had the following to say about this woodcut - The joys and terrors of woodcut are the changing states. Wood is cut away, the image evolves, with the choice of stopping at a point which may be satisfactory, or cutting further [with no possibility of return] in search of a stronger statement latent in the block. This print shares that experience. It contains three separate imprints of many states, adding a dimension of time to the work.

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