Amaranth Ehrenhalt "Conifers", Signed Woodblock Print, ed. 50, c. 1960s 1980s pin with some paint loss

with some paint loss

Puzzle measures 12" t x 9" w x 13/16"

Clearly it was made in two halves

Made of clay and Mexican

25 x1 3/8 x 1

Amaranth Ehrenhalt "Conifers", Signed Woodblock Print, ed. 50, c. 1960s 1980s pin with some paint lossThis terrific c. 1960s woodblock print, by the excellent but under recognized Amaranth Ehrenhalt (American, b. 1928 ), is really striking from a distance, but even better close up, as the viscerality of the ink becomes apparent. I assume the title, Conifers, points to the materiality of the woodblock surface itself, but perhaps also to elongated two toned green form that centers the abstract composition. Ehrenhalt is an American painter, sculptor, and