Artist: MICHAEL KIRK (American, 20th century)
Title: "New York Shop Doorways 6 - Locked Door" - 1975
Medium: Original Etching with Aquatint printed in black ink on Arches Cover paper
Signature: Hand Signed and dated " '75" by the Artist in pencil, LR
Edition: Limited Edition of only 60 impressions; this one numbered "21/60" , LL
Size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches (paper)
Printer: Mohammad Omar Khalil
Publisher: Associated American Artists and Susan Weisberger
Provenance: Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusettes
About the Artist: MICHAEL
KIRK is an American artist specializing in works on paper. His work is shown
nationally and internationally and is in the collections of numerous
museums as well as public and private collections. In addition to his
career as an artist, Michael Kirk is a professor of printmaking at
Parsons School of Design and at Pratt Institute. His home and studio are
in New York City.
About the Doorways Series: Following the edition of the NINTH AVENUE SUITE, a suite of etchings derived from a series of drawings of an area known as Hell’s Kitchen in New York City which records the west side of Ninth Avenue from 48th to 49th Street, Kirk created a portfolio of DOORWAYS, a series of six etchings and aquatints made in 1975 that record architectural details from the same neighborhood. These prints were published in an edition of 75 by Associated American Artists and Susan Weisberger. The works were printed by Mohammad Omar Khalil. Each doorway has an image size of 23.5 x 14.5 inches printed on a 30 x 22 inch sheet of Arches Cover.