SIGNED HENRY EVANS LINOCUT

Signed by the artist in pencil, titled, dated and numbered: 69/85 RUSHES Henry Evans 1969

Limited edition linocut printed in green ink on flecked cream thin Japanese rice paper. 17.5" x 12.25". VERY GOOD CONDITION: some creases, upper margin edge is attached to a dark green mat board window frame. Back board also included. A beautifully lyrical study of grasses, quite uncommon. Ready to be set into a frame.

Henry Evans (1918-1990) was a San Francisco Bay Area artist and printmaker known for his minimalist style botanical images. In 1949 he established the Peregrine Press in San Francisco where he began making books and prints for local Bay Area artists. To better understand the process of block printing, he began to cut his own linoleum block prints and drew inspiration for his images from the flora of northern California. His images of living plants were drawn directly onto the linoleum block, depicting them life-size.