Stefan Berg: Architecture of Music
INTRODUCTion I was so impressed by a paperback edition of a wordless...
Arieh Allweil: The Book of Amos: Part 1
introduction This ART I SEE blog post focuses on The Book of...
Harry Gottlieb’s “Coal Pickers’
Discovery The object of this blog post is about the coal culture...
Introducing Arieh Allweil
INTRODUCTION Last April the Israeli book dealer from whom I bought Erich...
Kibbutzim in Eretz Israel
INtroduction When you patronize a retailer, that seller is likely to feed...
Eli Jacobi: Missed opportunity
Introduction While I purchased this print by Eli Jacobi at auction...
John Sloan: Anatomy lesson with friends
Introduction When I started out as a print collector some 40 years...
Eretz Israel: Narratives in relief prints
Introduction Even as a seasoned print and book collector who tries...
Red Chairs: How they got that way
Introduction What seduced me into purchasing a set of six New York...
Update 2019: Print Acquisitions
Introduction Exciting developments at the end of 2019 spark this ART I...
Remedy for Rethel: Conserving 1840s broadsheet
Introduction I hadn’t realized that it took me over two years to...
ERIC AVERY: Paradise arrives
Introduction Some how in the process of completing my first ART I...
Rethel’s Death as Counterrevolutionary Meme
The Want Artist Alfred Rethel (German, 1816-1859) first grabbed my attention in...
Eric Avery: Doctor of Printmaking
Introduction Ever since I purchased Dr. Eric Avery’s huge linocut Massacre of...
East-West Woodcuts: Urushibara & Brangwyn
INTRODUCTION I think purchasing Ten Woodcuts by Yoshijiro Urushibara (Japanese, 1888-1953) last...