Woodcut on Japan paper, 1968, pencil signed, dated, titled, and numbered 54/175 lower margin, matted and framed.

Image size 18 x 9 in.; Frame dimensions 26 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.

Jacques Hnizdovsky was born in the Ukraine in 1915 and he studied art in Warsaw and Zagreb. In the late 1940s, he moved to the United States, and by the 1950s had focused his career on producing primarily woodcuts and linocuts. He was inspired by his love of the old master artist, Albrecht Dürer, as well as Japanese prints and the folk art designs of his native Borshchiv. His prints often depict animals or figures, and they are known for their symmetry, simplicity, and charm.

Hnizdovsky’s work has been exhibited at many solo exhibitions throughout the United States, including Associated American Artists shows in 1971 and 1979. He also exhibited internationally in the USSR (1963), Japan (1967), Italy (1972), and Ukraine (1990).

Overall good condition; some slight toning and few minute foxing marks; not examined out of frame.