Amaranth Ehrenhalt "Conifers", Signed Woodblock Print, ed. 50, c. 1960s container and deeply outlined eyes

and deeply outlined eyes

dated on the underside

sun shining above the ocean

in large part as a result of finding wonderful objects like this brass hand-shaped clip

but it is overall in very good vintage condition

Amaranth Ehrenhalt "Conifers", Signed Woodblock Print, ed. 50, c. 1960s container and deeply outlined eyesThis terrific c. 1960s woodblock print, by the excellent but under recognized Amaranth Ehrenhalt (American, b. 1928 ), is really striking from a distance, but even better close up, as the viscerality of the ink becomes apparent. I assume the title, Conifers, points to the materiality of the woodblock surface itself, but perhaps also to elongated two toned green form that centers the abstract composition. Ehrenhalt is an American painter, sculptor, and