Lot 66: Evans, Henry. Pinor Blanc - linoleum-block print.

Evans, Henry. Pinor Blanc - linoleum-block print. On sheet 19¾x13½, signed, titled and numbered in pencil below the image. 26/75. San Francisco: 1969 Grapes and leaves linoleum cut by Henry Evans (1918-1990), proprietor of the Porpoise Book Shop and Peregrine Press, began making botanical prints around 1958, depicting some 1400 subjects in 31 years. During those years he was accorded more than 250 one-man shows in many countries around the world and almost every state. Self-taught as a printer, botanist, and artist, he drew directly from living subjects. He used linoleum as a printing surface and an 1852 Washington Hand Press to make the prints. After printing, the blocks were destroyed. Slight discoloration at right edge, still fine.