Jack Levine
1915-2010, Lithuanian-American

Facing East
1915-2010, Lithuanian-American
Facing East

Portfolio written by James Michener, prints and sketches by Jack Levine. First limited edition, numbered 804/2500, Maecenas Press, Random House, New York, 1970, signed in pen and ink on colophon sheet by Jack Levine and James Michener. Part I of this folio contains text by James Michener, four original lithographs by Levine, and one original "hors-texte" woodblock. Part II contains Levine's sketchbook with 54 pochoir and phototype process reproductions of his watercolors, gouaches and drawings, finished by hand. All contained in a silk clamshell box with goatskin closure.


Rabbinical Scholar
1915-2010, Lithuanian-American
Rabbinical Scholar

Etching, image size 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, numbered 87/100 lower left, pencil signed lower right. Known as a social realist painter and printmaker, Levine's work is found today in collections across the country and even in the Vatican Museums.

Painting

River and field with oxen
1848 - 1921, American
River and field with oxen

Watercolor, image size 4 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches,

Print

Feeding the Sheep
1850-1917, American
Feeding the Sheep

Etching, 4 3/4 x 8 1/4, plate signed

Sculpture

Black and Iron Red Oxide - Linear
1965-, American
Black and Iron Red Oxide - Linear

Ceramic plate, 16 inches across