Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (Image) 9 x 7 inches (Sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1949
Edition: of 25

Recommended by Nikki:

(Art Photographer / Marketing and Exhibitions Specialist)

Rorer gave extra care and attention to this portrait of Toni Morrison - highlighting this literary giantess’s importance. Toni Morrison’s words carried great weight and power. This small relief engraving of her face immortalizes a heavy reminder that resistance to what is unjust in our history and our present is the most sincere form of love and hope.

Medium: Color mezzotint
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 7 inches (image) 11 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1948
Date finished: 2005
Edition: of 20

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):

Peter Jogo’s mastery of color mezzotint never ceases to amaze. He expertly replicates sharp angles of light refractions in the glass vase of water, while simultaneously capturing the soft glow of light reaching us from behind the delicately overlapping flower petals. Rather than relying on the stark black and white of most traditional mezzotints, Jogo effectively employs the triadic harmony of purple, orange, and green to tie the full composition together. As summer winds down, this beautifully portrayed bouquet of cut flowers reminds us to enjoy the last rays of sunshine before fall arrives.

Medium: Four-plate mezzotint
Dimensions: 4 x 5 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1948
Date finished: 2016
Edition: of 40

Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager):

"This piece immediately grabbed my attention because of the rich color and perfect technique. But what keeps me looking is the regal, precious treatment of a humble apple. It strikes me as a perfectly lit, staged scene of a play with an apple as the protagonist. It's a scene that we'd never quite catch in our daily life either because it vanishes when we turn the lights on or because we don't revere the apple on our table as maybe we should. Either way, I'm glad that Jogo called my attention to it."