"Female Head in Red & Black" by Gertrude Barrer, Amer., (1921-1997) Photogravure The margins appear full and

The margins appear full and original

on buff wove simili vellum paper

Etching & Aquatint

Joseph Hecht's early encouragement of Stanley William Hayter's print making helped lead to the founding of Atelier 17

11 x 10-1/2

"Female Head in Red & Black" by Gertrude Barrer, Amer., (1921-1997) Photogravure The margins appear full andGouache & ink on illustration board, 1970's 80's, 7 5 8 x 6 3 4, signed lower left in ink. A lyrical later piece from this important New York and Connecticut painter and illustrator, who also worked in fresco, tile, collage and printmaking. Gertrude Barrer was one of the founding members of the Indian Space Painters group in New York City in the 1940's; along with Will Barnet, Steve Wheeler, Peter Busa, Howard Daum, Ruth Lewin and others. Her work is