This 1989 bold Expressionist monotype, print and collage on handmade paper abstract is by New York/San Francisco Abstract Expressionist artist Gary Lee Shaffer (1936-2001). Shaffer trained with Hans Hofmann in the late 1950s and became an influential member of the Printmakers Workshop in Manhattan. His works are in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Shaffer lived and worked in San Francisco and published his prints at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA from the 1970s until his death in 2001.
1967 Monotype, print and collage on handmade paper 29"x29" unframed; 37"x37" framed
Signed and dated on the lower right. Signed, titled and dated on the lower left. Excellent vintage condition. Framed in contemporary wood frame with white finish using floating mat.