"Head of a Young Girl" by Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican, (1918-2013) Linocut use "stopping out" and subtractive

use "stopping out" and subtractive "honing"

and which certainly add to one's appreciation over time

the foreground composition has always reminded me of Rembrandt's etching "Christ Presented to the People"

This print is reproduced and discussed in detail in both Clinton Adams "American Lithography 1900-1960" and David Acton's "A Spectrum of Innovation - Color in American Printmaking 1890-1960"

24 x 16-13/16

"Head of a Young Girl" by Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican, (1918-2013) Linocut use "stopping out" and subtractiveLithograph, 1945, ed. unknown, 13 1 2 x 11 3 4, signed & dated in pencil, on thick warm white wove paper. Small crease to upper right corner. A pensive, boldly rendered portrait by this lesser known Mexican master.