Man by Irving Amen

This is a screenprint by noted American printmaker Irving Amen. It is a screenprint depicting a stylized head. It has a bit of a Modigliani look with an elongated narrow nose. The figure is contemplative looking down and to the left--avoiding the gaze of viewer. The artist conveys a lot of emotion in a very simply image. The artist signs in pencil lower right Amen. The title, Man and edition 3/10 is given lower left. The plate size is 4.75 x 6.5 inches. It's on a full untrimmed sheet measuring 10 x 13 inches. It's in pristine unframed condition. A beautiful work.

Irving Amen (1918-2011): A fine twentieth century sculptor, painter, etcher, lithographer, silk-screen and woodcut artist, Irving Amen studied at the Art Students League in New York and at the Academy Grande Chaumiere in Paris. Throughout his career he traveled extensively, particularly in Europe, Russia and Central America. Besides practicing his art, Amen also taught classes in sculpting and printmaking at such influential schools as the Pratt Institute (1961) and at Notre Dame University (1962). His art has been exhibited with the Society of American Graphic Artists, the Library of Congress and at the National Academy of Design. In 1949 the Smithsonian Institution also launched a one man exhibition of his work. Amen's famous art is now included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
Amen's original prints are among his most highly regarded works of art and he has shown great talent in the techniques of the woodcut, lithography, serigraphy and etching. In these fields he is a constant and challenging innovator. Within all his mediums two of the most recurring themes in Amen's art are spirituality and children.