Evening Music

Etching, aquatint, image size 15 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches, 1946, edition of 100, published by the Associated American Artist, New York, pencil signed l.r., "Doel Reed", on cream wove paper, AAA label with identification on back with history of the artists' many awards including the Purchase Prize Winner First Annual National Fine Print Competition for "Evening Music". Reed was an important member of the Taos art community post-1960 known for his expert use of light and shadow. A master printmaker elected into the National Academy of Design in 1942. He headed the Oklahoma State University Art Dept. for over 30 years with breaks in his tenure to travel to France to study and sketch. Every year since 1932 a work by Reed has been selected as one of the hundred best etchings of the year.