Ebony Head - from "War Mask" series by Harvey Wilder Bentley
Ebony Head - from "War Mask" series
Harvey Wilder Bentley
Title
Ebony Head - from "War Mask" series
Artist
Harvey Wilder Bentley
1900 - 1990 (biography)Year
c. 1947
Technique
monotype
Image Size
13 3/16 x 8 5/8" image size
Signature
artist's red seal, lower left
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique
Annotations
ex-libris pasted to paper-backed verso reads "Welcome home! To the Rosenthals / Margaret & Erwin"
Reference
Paper
cream wove mounted to illustration board
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
WIBE101
Price
SOLD
Description
Author, poet, printer, publisher and artist Wilder Bentley the Elder was a close friend of Berkeley artist Chiura Obata and Obata helped him develop a seal in Japanese, which Bentley used to sign his work.
Erwin Rosenthal, historian, antiquarian, and scion of the famous Jacques Rosenthal "dynasty" of antiquarian book and manuscript dealers, was born in Germany. He came to the United States in the 1930s, where his lectures and publications were highly praised.
Erwin Rosenthal corresponded with Bentley and authored a number of articles about him. This work was returned to the Bentley family after Erwin's death.