Series: Unpublished poems by Émile Verhaeren
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches (image) 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed in pencil
Artist details: French, 1861 - 1944
Date of impression: 1931
Edition: of 255
Reference: Guerin 299
Publisher: Atelier Desjobert

Medium: Color relief print
Dimensions: 4 x 4 inches (block) 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1924 - 2000
Date: 1972
Edition: 151
Reference: HM  #399

Recommended by Rebecca (Gallery Associate):

Haku Maki was an incredibly innovative printmaker, adding cement to the foundation of the printing matrix after cutting his woodblocks. This unique craft puts his work in conversation with contemporary printmakers such as Carol Summers (American, 1925 - 2016), or in tandem with Hiroyuki Tajima (Japanese, 1911 - 1984) who also used cement, or Glen Alps (American, 1914 - 1996) who used household paint additives such as ground walnut shells and Durham's Rock Hard Putty. Haku Maki's small prints from around 1960, like this one, were abstractions of Kanji characters. Using a thicker paper in 1963, helped captured the deeper embossing and accentuated the sculptural and textural qualities. His small prints are gems with dashes of color.

Medium: Color relief print with embossing
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 3 5/8 inches (block) 6 x 4 1/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1924 - 2000
Date finished: 1970s

Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager / Marketing Coordinator):

A humble, small piece, this work by Haku Maki is magical to me. It shows an amazing knowledge of the simple things. The embossing is subtle but complex and reminds us how much can be done just within the paper even before adding anything on top of it. The graphics are clear and uncomplicated but looking at the passages where the color opens to the white paper, or the richness of the indigo ink and shimmer of silver, there is so much to enjoy. A complex little poem in itself.

Series: Plate 32 for English Landscape Scenery
Medium: Mezzotint engraving on steel
Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches
Artist details: English, 1802 - 1881
Date of impression: 1855
Publisher: in London
Condition: Faint random spots well away from the image. Usual toning on edges and glue residue from binding along top margin.

Series: Plate 19 for English Landscape Scenery
Medium: Mezzotint engraving on steel
Dimensions: 7 x 8 3/4 inches
Artist details: English, 1802 - 1881
Date of impression: 1855
Publisher: in London
Condition: Faint random spots well away from the image. Usual toning on edges and glue residue from binding along top margin.

Series: Plate 26 for English Landscape Scenery
Medium: Mezzotint engraving on steel
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Artist details: English, 1802 - 1881
Date of impression: 1855
Publisher: in London
Condition: Some staining at platemark on lower right. Faint random spots well away from the image. Usual toning on edges and glue residue from binding along top margin.

Medium: Paper cut-out on rose paper
Dimensions: 12 x 9 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, Pacific Northwest, 1903 - 1985

Medium: Hand-colored paper cut-out
Dimensions: 12 x 9 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, Pacific Northwest, 1903 - 1985
Date finished: 1959