Florence Neal
Liberty, 2020
Water-based woodcut (mokuhanga) on handmade Japanese paper (washi)
7 x7"
Edition: 1/1
Value $400
THE LIBERTY SERIES by Florence Neal
An ongoing series of Liberty prints. Hand-carved woodblocks are hand-printed with water-based pigments. Sonnet text by Emma Lazarus, 1883.
*This piece will be available for the ticket price on opening night.
Artist Bio:
Florence Neal's prints, drawings and public art installations have been exhibited in the US and abroad. Her prints and artist's books can be found in major public collections. A special interest within her work is the traditional Japanese water-based woodcut technique, known as mokuhanga, leading her to attend the first International Conference of Mokuhanga in Kyoto, Japan in 2011. In 1985 Neal founded Everglade Press and in 1990 she co-founded the Kentler International Drawing Space in Red Hook, Brooklyn and serves as its Director of Exhibitions.
Her prints and artist's books can be found in public collections including The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and in New York City at The Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, and the New York Public Library; The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA; The Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn, AL; and Omaha Public Library, Omaha, NE.
