Series: 36 Labors of Hercules Medium: Oil-based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 32 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935- 2022 Date finished: 2010 Edition: AP
Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Medium: Oil based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935 - 2022 Date finished: 1986 Edition: AP
Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Medium: Oil based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935 - 2022 Date finished: 1986 Edition: AP
Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Medium: Oil based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935- 2022 Date finished: 1986 Edition: AP
Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Medium: Oil based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935- 2022 Date finished: 2018 Date of plate: 1986 Edition: of 10 Printer: Sidereal Fine Art Press Condition: SFAP Chop in the lower right hand corner.
Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Medium: Oil based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935- 2022 Date finished: 1986 Edition: AP
Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Medium: Oil based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935- 2022 Date finished: 1986 Edition: of 5
Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Medium: Oil based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935- 2022 Date finished: 1986 Edition: AP
Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Medium: Oil based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935- 2022 Date finished: 2018 Date of plate: 1986 Edition: of 10 Printer: Sidereal Fine Art Press Condition: SFAP Chop in the lower right hand corner.
Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Medium: Oil based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935- 2022 Date finished: 2018 Date of plate: 1986 Edition: of 10 Printer: Sidereal Fine Art Press Condition: SFAP Chop in the lower right hand corner.
Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Medium: Oil based woodblock print on cream paper Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1935- 2022 Date finished: 2018 Date of plate: 1986 Edition: of 10 Printer: Sidereal Fine Art Press Condition: SFAP Chop in the lower right hand corner.
Recommended by Rebecca (Gallery Associate):
This series, '13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird' by Michael Spafford, is the artist's interpretation of a poem by Wallace Stevens. For this piece, the poem reads: "I was of three minds / Like a tree / In which there are three blackbirds." Spafford was a beloved Northwest artist and a teacher at the University of Washington for more than 30 years. His work focused on abstracting mythology into compressed, black and white forms. 'I Was of Three Minds' showcases Spafford's powerful simplicity, where the blackbirds intersect in the figure's mind at the point of a triangle, visible only because of the white grid crossing the black face. It is clear yet complex, perfectly echoing the poem.
Medium: Etching and monoprint Dimensions: 24 3/4 x 34 3/4 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: British/American, 1957 Date finished: 2007 Edition: of 3 EV
Medium: Woodcut from watercolor drawing, laser cut Dimensions: 35 x 47 1/2 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: British/American, 1957 Edition: of 10 EV
Medium: Etching with chine-collé Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (plate) 31 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (sheet) Artist details: American, 1963 Date finished: 2017 Edition: of 20
Recommended by Nikki(Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher): This piece is a retelling of a folktale involving a heron, fish, and a crab. I’ve heard many versions of this story and I always wonder at how things would have gone differently for the characters if the heron had chosen to help, rather than manipulate and indulge. The fish would have lived, the heron would have been able to experience community, and the crab would be able to find peace. Lader's symbolic detail and careful chine-collé of colorful washi paper, elegantly walks the viewer through this story and its facets in one image.
Medium: Spitbite, aquatint, and soft-ground etching Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 17 3/4 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1970 Date finished: 2016 Edition: of 20 Publisher: Beta Press, Seattle
Medium: Spitbite, aquatint, and embossing Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1970 Date finished: 2017 Edition: of 25 Publisher: Beta Press, Seattle
Medium: Soft-ground etching and embossing with hand-coloring Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1970 Date finished: 2017 Edition: of 25 Publisher: Beta Press, Seattle
Medium: Spitbite and aquatint Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: American , 1970 Date finished: 2017 Edition: of 25 Publisher: Beta Press, Seattle
Medium: Linocut Dimensions: 24 3/8 x 121 inches (image) 32 1/4 x 128 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1969 Date finished: 2015 Edition: of 25
Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 15 x 47 inches Artist details: Korean, 1954 Date finished: 2011 Edition: of 28
Text: The Misan Valley. The personality of the temple's owner was more outstanding than the valley. Once the owner is gone, the valley alone is beautiful. No need for me to visit again.
