Print of the Day!! Thurs, March 2, 2023 is by Kathryn (Kay) Metz, 1932-2018, "Boboli View #3", woodcut, A/P, 1986. $325.00.

Print of the Day!! Thursday, March 2, 2023 is by American printmaker Kathryn (Kay) Metz (1932-2018). The Annex Galleries represents Kay Metz's original prints

"Boboli View #3" is a relief print, a woodcut, done in 1986.? The image measures 8-1/16 x 11-1/4 inches and is pencil signed, titled, and editioned "A/P" (Artist's Proof) by the artist in the lower margin. This woodcut was printed by the artist on cream fibrous laid Kitikata paper that measures 12-1/4 x 17-1/8 inches. The gallery inventory number for this work is MS123.

This scarce relief print by American printmaker Kathryn (Kay) Metz is available from the gallery for $325.00.

Shipping costs will be discussed. California residents will have sales tax added. Out of state residents may be responsible for use tax, depending on state law.

A detailed condition report is available upon request.

Kathryn Metz studied printmaking with both S.W. Hayter in Paris and Robert Blackburn in New York and went on to have a 21 year career teaching printmaking at the University of California in Santa Cruz.

"Boboli View #3" is one of a series of woodcuts Metz did in 1986, inspired by the landscape of the Boboli Gardens, at the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy.?The large gardens, covering an area of 111acres, is a real open-air museum with sculptures of various styles and periods, ancient and Renaissance that are distributed throughout the garden. It also has large fountains and caves, among them the splendid Buontalenti grotto built by the artist, architect, and sculptor Bernardo Buontalenti between 1536 and 1608 who adapted his design to the glacial erosion of the underlying sandstone, limestone, and igneous rocks into low, undulating hills, covered extensively by glacial deposits.

Using hundreds of gouged lines Metz creates a modulating composition, kind of a pointalist approach. The thickness and spacing of the gouges create the values and shapes that bring the horizontal character of the gardens to life. Because of her long teaching career Kay Metz was not involved in creating work for the market and her editions tend to be very small, if the work is even editioned.

Kathryn (Kay) Erma Metz, painter?and?printmaker, was born in Dayton, Ohio on September 3, 1932. She received her BFA from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and her MA from the University of California, Los Angeles. Between 1966 and 1967, she studied intaglio with S.W. Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris under the auspices of the College Art Study Abroad, American Center for?Students and Artists, and then lithography with Master Printer Robert Blackburn in New York.

Metz's teaching experience began at Phoenix College in Arizona in 1964. She was?part-time faculty at the New York University School of Education, New York City between 1967 and 1969, moving?then?to the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. After a brief teaching stint at the University of California Extension in Los?Angeles?she was hired in 1971 to teach printmaking at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and was a Professor Emerita after retiring in 1992.

Metz exhibited extensively, participating in numerous group and solo exhibitions internationally. Her work earned her residence grants at the Huntington Hartford Foundation, Pacific Palisades in 1965 and the MacDowell Colony residence fellowship in 1966-1967. Her works are held in numerous collections, including the New York Public Library;?the Library of Congress;?the Fresno Art Museum; the Phoenix Art Museum;?the Museum of Contemporary Art,?Chamaliers, France; Grunwald Graphic Arts Foundation, University of California, Los Angeles; and Special Collections, McHenry Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Kay Metz died in Santa Cruz, California on September 27, 2018.

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