11” x 11” Chicago Artist John Averill Color Linocuts Signed 1950s Guys & Dolls,Original Linocut by John Averill This is a handmade color linocut printed by Chicago artist John Averill (1900-1961) on a small hand press. signed in pencil. This is not dated, but was probably done in the 1950s. Averill was a graphic artist, art director and illustrator who produced art and illustrations for ad campaigns, but well into his career, he fell in love with prints and printmaking. He was featured twice in The American Artist magazine during the 1950s and created quite a following with his whimsical animal block prints. "Often when playing in my pressroom," he wrote in the art magazine, "a feeling of sadness comes over me, a sadness for those lost years without a press and without the thrills of creative printing. Why didn't someone tell me about these small hand presses sooner?" Averill called his small printing operation the Molehill Press. In 1961 after his death, his wife and some of his friends produced a small book with many of his linocuts and newsletters. John Averill's Seed Corn is a nice collection of his work produced in his memory. - cuRAYtor Art
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11” x 11” Chicago Artist John Averill Color Linocuts Signed 1950s Guys & Dolls,Original Linocut by John Averill This is a handmade color linocut printed by Chicago artist John Averill (1900-1961) on a small hand press. signed in pencil. This is not dated, but was probably done in the 1950s. Averill was a graphic artist, art director and illustrator who produced art and illustrations for ad campaigns, but well into his career, he fell in love with prints and printmaking. He was featured twice in The American Artist magazine during the 1950s and created quite a following with his whimsical animal block prints. “Often when playing in my pressroom,” he wrote in the art magazine, “a feeling of sadness comes over me, a sadness for those lost years without a press and without the thrills of creative printing. Why didn’t someone tell me about these small hand presses sooner?” Averill called his small printing operation the Molehill Press. In 1961 after his death, his wife and some of his friends produced a small book with many of his linocuts and newsletters. John Averill’s Seed Corn is a nice collection of his work produced in his memory.

11” x 11” Chicago Artist John Averill Color Linocuts Signed 1950s Guys & Dolls,Original Linocut by John Averill This is a handmade color linocut printed by Chicago artist John Averill (1900-1961) on a small hand press. signed in pencil. This is not dated, but was probably done in the 1950s. Averill was a graphic artist, art director and illustrator who produced art and illustrations for ad campaigns, but well into his career, he fell in love with prints and printmaking. He was featured twice in The American Artist magazine during the 1950s and created quite a following with his whimsical animal block prints. “Often when playing in my pressroom,” he wrote in the art magazine, “a feeling of sadness comes over me, a sadness for those lost years without a press and without the thrills of creative printing. Why didn’t someone tell me about these small hand presses sooner?” Averill called his small printing operation the Molehill Press. In 1961 after his death, his wife and some of his friends produced a small book with many of his linocuts and newsletters. John Averill’s Seed Corn is a nice collection of his work produced in his memory.

11” x 11” Chicago Artist John Averill Color Linocuts Signed 1950s Guys & Dolls,Original Linocut by John Averill This is a handmade color linocut printed by Chicago artist John Averill (1900-1961) on a small hand press. signed in pencil. This is not dated, but was probably done in the 1950s. Averill was a graphic artist, art director and illustrator who produced art and illustrations for ad campaigns, but well into his career, he fell in love with prints and printmaking. He was featured twice in The American Artist magazine during the 1950s and created quite a following with his whimsical animal block prints. “Often when playing in my pressroom,” he wrote in the art magazine, “a feeling of sadness comes over me, a sadness for those lost years without a press and without the thrills of creative printing. Why didn’t someone tell me about these small hand presses sooner?” Averill called his small printing operation the Molehill Press. In 1961 after his death, his wife and some of his friends produced a small book with many of his linocuts and newsletters. John Averill’s Seed Corn is a nice collection of his work produced in his memory.

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Artist: John Averill
ID No: 1938
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Price Paid: 37
Est Current Value: 160
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Critera: Galena house

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