Emma Amos American, 1937-2020
American Girl, 1974
Etching on paper
22 x 30 in.
55.9 x 76.2 cm
55.9 x 76.2 cm
34 of 35
© Emma Amos/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Figurative portrait of a nude African-American woman with an interior in the background. Etching on Arches paper. Edition #34/35. Impression: Our World Volume Description: Portfolio presentation of seven etched prints from Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop by artists Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Vivian Browne, Eldzier Cortor, Norman Lewis, Vincent Smith, and John Wilson. Includes introduction by Romare Bearden and essay by Edmund B. Gaither, special consultant, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Director, Museum, National Center of Afro-American Artists. Made by the Printmaking Workshop, New York City, with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1974. (Moroquain, Inc. (portfolio cover), Haber Typographers, Inc. and Franklin Photo-Lettering (typography), and Lautrec Litho Portfolio (7 prints and 7 leaves of text), etching with aquatint (prints), and lithograph (text).
Provenance
Swann Auction 2303Exhibitions
"womenXwomen", Penn State Lehigh Valley - Ronald K. DeLong Gallery. Dates: 27/01/2020-14/03/2020. Location: Pennsylvania State University, Lehigh Valley. Link: https://news.psu.edu/story/603868/2020/01/14/arts-and-entertainment/works-collection-african-america "Another American's Autobiography", Sigal Museum. Dates: 18/11/2021-10/07/2022. Location: Sigal Museum, 342 Northampton St, Easton, PA 18042. "Identities: African American Art from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection", Gettysburg College - Schmucker Art Gallery. Dates: 23/01/2015-07/03/2015. Location: Gettysburg, PA. Link: https://www.gettysburg.edu/offices/schmucker-art-gallery/exhibitions/?seasondisplay=s2015 "Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Portland Art Museum. Dates: 28/01/2017-18/06/2017. Location: Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. Link: https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/constructing-identity/ "Claiming Freedom", Lafayette College Skillman Library. Dates: 05/01/2024-31/05/2024. Location: Lafayette College Skillman LibraryPublications
1. Claudia Volpe and Imo Nse Imeh, (2021), "Another American's Autobiography: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Sigal Museum - Another American's Autobiography, Catalog, Petrucci Family Foundation , Asbury, NJ 2. Berrisford Boothe, Moe Brooker, Brian Ferriso, James G. Petrucci, (2017), "Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art", Portland Art Museum – Constructing Identity, Catalog, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Gretchen Dykstra2
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