Lot #1006

Original vintage Ruth Leaf (American, 1923 - 2015) Woodcut Print on rice paper
Sheet size: approx. 14 1/2" L x 12 1/2" W 
Images size: approx. 11" L x 9 1/4" W

About
Ruth Leaf (January 5, 1923 – April 17, 2015) was an American artist and a pioneer in the discipline of printmaking, specifically etching. She studied at the New School for Social Research, Art Students League of New York and Brooklyn College, and Atelier 17. While fluent in the methods of woodcut, linoleum, monotype, collagraph and collage, she is most known for her viscosity etchings. Leaf had a long and prolific career; teaching and exhibiting work until her late eighties and producing work up until her death.