Warm Afternoon

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This is an original hand signed woodengraving by American artist Nora S Unwin. The title of this work is "Warm Afternoon", it was created and printed in 1951 and was used as the Presentation print of the American Woodcut Society. This wood engraving is hand titled in pencil and inscribed as "Artists Proof" The image measures 5X7 3/4 inches. Nice condition, two bits of old tape at the upper edges of the sheet well away from the image area. A very fine and detailed image of a mother and Child on a summer afternoon. "Born into the prominent Unwin book publishing family of England, Unwin studied at the Royal College of Art and helped to revive wood engraving in America, to where she moved in 1946. She is represented in major museums, and gave more than forty one-woman shows and won over fifteen major awards." Unwin lived and worked in Peterborough New Hampshire.