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...
Print Collecting: How they got here
Introduction When you don’t have deep pockets, collecting becomes an adventure where...
Tetouan: Art I See
Introduction My first post on my month in Tetouan, a small northern...
Tetouan: Art I Make
Introduction: Overseas art residencies Every once in a while I scroll through...