Amaranth Ehrenhalt "Conifers", Signed Woodblock Print, ed. 50, c. 1960s container dated on the underside

dated on the underside

I'm not a fisherwoman

and deeply outlined eyes

or ribbon on the wall

sun shining above the ocean

Amaranth Ehrenhalt "Conifers", Signed Woodblock Print, ed. 50, c. 1960s container dated on the undersideThis terrific c. 1960s woodblock print, by the excellent but under recognized Amaranth Ehrenhalt (American, b. 1928 ), is really striking from a distance, but even better close up, as the viscerality of the ink becomes apparent. I assume the title, Conifers, points to the materiality of the woodblock surface itself, but perhaps also to elongated two toned green form that centers the abstract composition. Ehrenhalt is an American painter, sculptor, and