Artist: David Fischel.
Title: Gramps.
Titled, Numbered, and Signed: 2; 21/25; "Gramps"; David Fischel.
Dimensions: 11" x 9".
Edition: of 25.
Date: 1960s.
Materials and Techniques: Woodcut on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XX C.
Note: David Fischel has lived in Sedona since 1981. Fischel grew up in Detroit. He served as an apprentice at McNamara Assoc. Art Studio in 1967 and as part-time sculptor for the same studio from 1968-1970. He was a graphic artist and illustrator for Graphic House Agency from 1971-1972. From 1973 to 1988 he devoted full-time to work and research on graphic relief carvings. He was also a part-time sculptor while studying sculpture at Lansing Community College.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from an article "Sculptor-Painter David Fischel An Original" by Louise Sheldon MacDonald in The Verde Independent from Aug 18, 2014.