Marsha, My Sister by Irwin Isaiah Zagar
Marsha, My Sister
Irwin Isaiah Zagar
Title
Marsha, My Sister
Artist
Irwin Isaiah Zagar
1939 - 2026 (biography)Year
1961
Technique
etching
Image Size
16 3/4 x 13 5/8" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
28 of 75
Annotations
pencil editioned; later impressions titled in pencil and bearing the Pratt Graphic Arts Center seal; separate edition of 20 dated in pencil
Reference
LoC call number: FP-XX-Z180, no. 1 (D size) [P&P]
Paper
cream wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
18233
Price
SOLD
Description
Isaiah Zagar, born Irwin Zagar, attended Pratt Institute in New York in the early 1960s where he received his BA in painting and graphics. By the late 1960s he had established himself as a mosaic artist and muralist, rarely visiting the mediums in which he'd received a degree.
This scarce etching is a window onto the artist's early career when he explored printmaking at the Pratt Institute's Graphic Art Center. It's signed "Irwin Zagar," his given name. His use of fine, busy lines and textures lends a vibrant energy to this portrait of his sister, and is reminiscent of early Picasso, an artist he took great inspiration from throughout his career.