1992 - Fred Mershimer

92 Frederick Mershimer

The first artist that was chosen to do the Presentation Print for the Print Club of New York was Fred Mershimer. Mershimer was an outstanding master of the mezzotint. He created a marvelous print of East 41st Street with the New York Public Library seen in the distance. It was titled Passage. The Club's first edition was for 150 members, but it was so successful that we increased the membership to 200 for the following year. Fred continues to produce exciting mezzotints that are either in black and white or color. There is a great demand for these, and many editions are completely sold out. At the time that our print was produced, Mershimer was in a major print show at Georgetown University. A review of the show in The Washington Post of September 12, 1992 stated, "The mezzotint process--and Mershimer is a master of it--enables an artist to achieve subtleties of shading not otherwise possible." We have been pleased to follow the career of Fred Mershimer, who has become a member of the Print Club. Earl Retic, the director of the Stone and Press Gallery in New Orleans, is in the process of writing a catalogue raisonné of Mershimer's prints. We look forward to seeing this book in the near future.

~ Elaine and Julian Hyman ~

 

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Don't miss this film that the New York Times reviewer described with the terms "awe-struck" and "breathtaking"! Tickets for Print Club of New York members and their friends are still available for our viewing of the film on Tuesday, March 6, at 5:30 p.m. at the Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street. Manny Kirchheimer will be at the film to introduce it and answer questions following the film. You can reserve tickets at the discount rate of $8 from Kay Deaux at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or, if tickets are still available, by purchasing them at the theatre prior to the showing. 2012/03/02/movies/manfred-kirchheimers-art-is-the-permanent-revolution.html?emc=eta1   CHAKAIA BOOKERAND MASTER PRINTER PHIL SANDERS 2011 Presentation PrintSept 12th, 2011 atThe Society of Illustrators             JAPANESE PRINTS, OLD AND NEW Oct 18th, 2011 atThe Ukrainian Institue   IFPDA PRINT FAIRWATCH FOR YOUR LINKS FOR YOUR V.I.P. CARD Nov 2 - Nov 6, 2011 atThe New York Armory   WILL BARNET AT 100 Sept 16 - Dec 31, 2011 atNational Academy     .