Garden Ode by Jack Bilander, Amer., (1919-2008) Color but the side margins are

but the side margins are very brittle and badly damaged by an inept framer

instead confronting us with the voracious

deckle edge to left and bottom margin

In the 1920's Smith also felt the pull of  modernism

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Garden Ode by Jack Bilander, Amer., (1919-2008) Color but the side margins areEtching & Aquatint, 1967, AAA Ed. of 250, 13 7 8 x 10 1 4, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, palest toning within mat opening, on warm white wove paper 16 3 16 x 12 3 16. Jack Bilander was born in Poland and moved to America in his youth. He studied at the National Academy of Design, Art Students League, Columbia University and NYU. He studied with Will Barnet, Valclav Vyctlacyl, and Alois Stenbery. Bilander exhibited internationally and his