"Two Mythic Figures" by Gertrude Barrer, Amer., (1921-1997) Woodcut on buff wove simili vellum

on buff wove simili vellum paper

personalized

Though published in The Studio in a large edition

1930's-40's

title and publication text in the margin below image

"Two Mythic Figures" by Gertrude Barrer, Amer., (1921-1997) Woodcut on buff wove simili vellumGertrude Barrer, Amer., (1921 1997), Two Mythic Figures, Tempera, Ink and Varnish, 1950, 8 7 8 x 11 3 4, signed and dated in ink, on cream colored wove paper, sheet considerably toned with traces of tape at four corners verso. Gertrude Barrer was a member of the group of painters in New York in the mid to late 1940s including Steve Wheeler, Ruth Lewin, Peter Busa and Howard Daum who came to be know as the "Indian Space" painters. The name derives from