Amaranth Ehrenhalt "Conifers", Signed Woodblock Print, ed. 50, c. 1960s vintage dice including perhaps a low budget

including perhaps a low budget Sci-Fi film

the basket's exterior is a variegated honey color with faded red medallion and red and blue striping

Thanks to the original research of another seller out there who found a similar toy and did a lot of digging to figure out its origins (these are quite rare

with the sting used for tying packages or papers) are three figures in kimono dancing

Amaranth Ehrenhalt "Conifers", Signed Woodblock Print, ed. 50, c. 1960s vintage dice including perhaps a low budgetThis terrific c. 1960s woodblock print, by the excellent but under recognized Amaranth Ehrenhalt (American, b. 1928 ), is really striking from a distance, but even better close up, as the viscerality of the ink becomes apparent. I assume the title, Conifers, points to the materiality of the woodblock surface itself, but perhaps also to elongated two toned green form that centers the abstract composition. Ehrenhalt is an American painter, sculptor, and