ASA CHEFFETZ WOOD ENGRAVING
Asa Cheffetz (American,1897-1965) A Covered Bridge Original Wood Engraving Signed in Pencil. Professionally framed and matted, measures 18 3/4x14 1/2"x1". Weight 3 pds. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. Asa Cheffetz was born in Buffalo, New York. He studied with Philip Hale in Boston and with Ivan Olinsky at the National Academy of Design in New York, and went on to produce wood engravings, etchings, and block prints. Wood engraving was Cheffetz' primary discipline, and his handsome landscapes of New England earned him numerous awards and honors. Cheffetz was among the group of twentieth-century American printmakers who remained dedicated to realism. These artists observed their subjects carefully and captured them through precise details and faithful effects of light and shadow.
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Asa Cheffetz (American,1897-1965) A Covered Bridge Original Wood Engraving Signed in Pencil. Professionally framed and matted, measures 18 3/4x14 1/2"x1". Weight 3 pds. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. Asa Cheffetz was born in Buffalo, New York. He studied with Philip Hale in Boston and with Ivan Olinsky at the National Academy of Design in New York, and went on to produce wood engravings, etchings, and block prints. Wood engraving was Cheffetz' primary discipline, and his handsome landscapes of New England earned him numerous awards and honors. Cheffetz was among the group of twentieth-century American printmakers who remained dedicated to realism. These artists observed their subjects carefully and captured them through precise details and faithful effects of light and shadow.
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