Milton Weiss Etching with Aquatint "The Magician"

Item Details

Milton Weiss (American; 1912-1995)
The Magician, late 20th century
Etching with aquatint on paper
Signed to the lower right
Numbered 7/7
Titled to the lower left

An etching with aquatint on paper by listed artist Milton Weiss (American; 1912-1995), dated late 20th century. This intricate abstract piece depicts an amalgam of juxtaposed imagery featuring bust portraits, an observant eye, geometric forms and matrices of simple straight-edge delineations. The work is signed to the lower right and titled to the lower left. This piece is numbered 7 out of 7 edition to the lower center margin. The composition is presented unframed.

Milton G. Weiss was an active artist in the Pittsburgh community for many years. He studied at the Irene Kaufmann Settlement with Sam Rosenberg and also spent a year at the Art Students League in New York. Weiss was employed as a WPA artist in Pittsburgh and a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. He taught at Ivy School of Professional Art and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

Condition

- wear, minor tears, negligible warping, bent corners to the edges of paper; toning, negligible warping and minor discoloration throughout the margins.

Dimensions

- measures the paper; plate size 15" W x 11.25" H.

Item #

18DCC649-044