Renate Scheer Kalkofen 1962 "Solitude“ Signed Print gravel painting of landscape became popular in China during

became popular in China during the Song Dynasty (960-1279)

I’m still completely taken with them

The glaze is a pretty blue with just a hint of green in it

and the combo of the hat and lettering and decorative scrolls at top and bottom are just perfect

such that it can be rotated a full 180 degrees

Renate Scheer Kalkofen 1962 "Solitude“ Signed Print gravel painting of landscape became popular in China duringThere is not a whole lot out there about Renate Scheer Kalkofen (1935 2013) who created this print (a 4 color screen print I believe) in 1962, as well as several others I am listing from around the same time. (I had a few more of Kalkofen's prints in the shop a year or two ago, which sold quickly, so was happy to find a few more this past weekend I think they're just gorgeous.) I know she was a graduate of Tufts University and spent much of her life