Herbert Lewis Fink - The Locusts

The Locusts

Herbert Lewis Fink's "The Locusts" is an original etching and aquatint created in 1963. This particular impression of "The Locusts" is an 'Artist's Proof', that is an impression pulled by the artist before the publication of the regular edition and is printed upon thick, hand-made, laid paper bearing the 'Arches' watermark and with margins very large, deckled margins. It is signed, titled, dated and annotated by Herbert Fink in pencil under the lower plate-mark. "The Locusts" represents a valuable example of the landscape art by one of America's great modern masters of etching, Herbert Lewis Fink.

Original Etching & Aquatint by the American artist, Herbert Lewis Fink (Herbert Fink).

The Locusts

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Herbert Lewis Fink 'Herbert Fink' (Born, Providence, Rhode Island, 1921 - Died, Rockport, Maine, 2006)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	Publisher	-
01.-		Aurora by Herbert Lewis Fink	Original Etching	c. 1965	Signed, titled and numbered, '1/100', by Herbert Fink in pencil.	Associated American Artists, New York
02.-		Dancing Woman by Herbert Lewis Fink	Original Etching	c. 1965	Signed, titled and numbered, '13/100', by Herbert Fink in pencil.	Associated American Artists, New York	Sold
03.-		Europa by Herbert Lewis Fink	Original Etching	c. 1965	Signed, titled and numbered, '10/100', by Herbert Fink in pencil.	Associated American Artists, New York
04.-		Galatea by Herbert Lewis Fink	Original Etching	c. 1965	Signed, titled and numbered, '14/100', by Herbert Fink in pencil.	Associated American Artists, New York	Sold
05.-		Maine Harbor by Herbert Lewis Fink	Original Etching & Aquatint in Sepia Tones	1980	Signed, titled, dated and annotated, 'A.P.' (Artist's Proof), by Herbert Fink in pencil.
06.-		Prosipine by Herbert Lewis Fink	Original Etching	c. 1965	Signed, titled and numbered, '10/100', by Herbert Fink in pencil.	Associated American Artists, New York
07.-		The Locusts by Herbert Lewis Fink	Original Etching & Aquatint	1963	Signed, titled, dated and annotated, 'Artist's Proof', by Lewis Fink in pencil.
08.-		Two Nudes by Herbert Lewis Fink	Original Etching in Sepia	1972	Signed and annotated, "Artist's Proof" by Lewis Fink in pencil.	Associated American Artists, New York

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Title:	The Locusts
Artist:	Fink, Herbert Lewis 'Herbert Fink' (Born, Providence, Rhode Island, 1921 - Died, Rockport, Maine, 2006)
Date:	1963
Medium:	Original Etching & Aquatint
Publisher:	Associated American Artists, New York
Edition:	Artist Proof Impression.
Note:	Herbert Lewis Fink 'Herbert Fink': A leading American twentieth century landscape and figure artist, Herbert Fink has produced many fine paintings and drawings but is today most strongly regarded for his striking etchings. He first enrolled at the Art Students' League of New York (1941-1942) and then served in the U.S. Army in France during the Second World War. Following the end of the war Fink resumed his artistic training and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1948. He then taught drawing and design at the University of Kansas (1949) and at the Albright-Knox Art School, Buffalo, New York (1950). A year later he resigned to accept the Chaloner Fellowship which enabled him to travel and study in Europe.
	In 1958 Herbert Fink graduated from Yale University with a Masters of Fine Arts and for the following three years taught art classes at both Yale and at the Rhode Island School of Design. Herbert Fink was made Professor of Art and Chairman of the Art Department at Southern Illinois University in 1961. He later became Director of the School of Fine Art at that University and held this post until his retirement after 1987. During the last part of his life, Herbert Fink worked from his studio in Rockport, Maine.
	In recognition for his distinguished work as an artist, teacher, arts administrator and scholar, Herbert Fink received numerous awards. He received the Chaloner Fellowship on two occasions, the Tiffany Award, the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Ford Foundation Purchase Award. He was made a Trustee of the Tiffany Foundation as well as the John R. and Eleonor R. Mitchell Foundation. Fink was elected to the National Academy of Design and was honored by Governor James Thompson as the Visual Artist of the Year for the State of Illinois in 1986.
	Herbert Fink's first one man exhibition of his art took place in 1962. Since that time his work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at institutions such as Ohio State University (1969), Cornell University (1978), the San Diego Museum of Art (1979), the University of Mississippi (1981) and the Republic of China (1986). The original drawings and etchings of Herbert Fink are included in the following collections; the Georgia Museum of Art, the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, Yale University Art Gallery, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Trishuvan University, Nepal, Liaoning University, China, Chinese University, Hong Kong and Escola de Bela Artes, Bahia, Brazil.
	During the 1960's many of Herbert Fink's original etchings were published by the Associated American Artists of New York, in editions ranging from 100 to 250 numbered impressions. The A.A.A. was created in the mid 1930's and commissioned original graphic art from such great American masters as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh and many others. In the 1960's its artists included Jack Levine, Sidney Chafetz and Herbert Lewis Fink. In all probability, therefore, The Locusts was published by the Associated American Artists.
Edition:	This particular impression of The Locusts is an Artist's Proof, that is an impression pulled by the artist before the publication of the regular edition. It is of much interest because it reveals some of Fink's methods for constructing his imagery. In this impression he is actively experimenting with aquatint grounds and other tonal values. He has also entered (in pencil) a registration mark along the lower center plate-mark. It would be of much interest to compare this working proof impression to an impression from the regular edition.
Provenance:	This impression of "The Locusts" originates from the collection of the Associated American Artists of New York. The A.A.A. was created in the mid 1930's and commissioned original graphic art from such great American masters as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh and many others. In the 1960's its artists included Jack Levine, Sidney Chafetz and Herbert Lewis Fink. In all probability, therefore, "The Locusts" was published by the Associated American Artists.
Size:	7 3/4 X 10 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon thick, hand-made, laid paper and with margins extending about 3 inches from the plate mark on all sides. Signed, titled, dated and annotated, 'Artist's Proof', by the artist in pencil under the lower plate-mark. A strongly printed, rich impression and in excellent condition throughout. The Locusts stands as a valuable example of the landscape art of Herbert Lewis Fink, one of America's great modern masters of etching.
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