Micah Schwaberow (1948-2022), Wakabayashi (R.I.P.)

1982, woodblock print, in the lower margin is: Wakabayashi...72...Micah 1982/3, in lower left corner of the image is a little red bird seal, presented under glass with double mats in a honey wood colored frame.

Frame dimensions 17 x 9 1/2 in., Sight size 12 x 5 1/4 in.

Schwaberow attended Santa Rosa Junior College and studied printmaking with Elizabeth Quandt-Barr. In 1981, he spent a year learning Japanese woodblock traditions as an apprentice to Toshi Yoshida in Tokyo. His work is represented in the collections of the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts in San Francisco and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Very good condition; not examined outside of the frame.