Weyman Lew - Mates

Male Nude with Parrot - Hand Colored Lithograph - Signed and Numbered

Framed matted handcolored etching, Mates (1977), by Weyman Lew (Californian 20th century), signed and dated lower right, #60/75, plate: 6"H x 8"W, frame.

Weyman Michael Lew is a painter and printmaker, born in San Francisco, California in 1935. He studied at the University of California, and the San Francisco Art Institute from 1965 to 1966 with Jay deFeo. His works are in the collection of De Young Memorial Museum; the Institution of Arte Contemporary in Lima, Peru; the Western American Artists Museum; and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. He taught at De Young Memorial Museum of Art School in 1970 and 1971. He had a solo exhibition at the Western American Artists Museum in 1970, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in 1971, and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 1972. Weyman Lew has exhibited in more than forty solo exhibitions in North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. His works may be seen in public collections such as the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum; the Oakland Museum; the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts at the California Palace of Legion of Honor; the Brooklyn Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum; the University Art Museum in Berkeley; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

This print is in excellent condition and has been on the same wall in a friends SF area home since the late 70s. Non smoking home. One small scratch in the glass on lower portion of piece below signature line.