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Bird in the Wood
1961 · Color woodcut
Sheet: 14 3/16 × 19 1/8 in. (36 × 48.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Irving Amen
Artist
WA-00025962
Printmaking
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None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
14
Works in Collection
21
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Young American Printmakers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953–1954
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Recent American Woodcuts and Prints by Marin, Hopper and Weber
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
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Master Prints from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Why this artist matters now
Irving Amen was an American printmaker and painter working primarily in woodcut and lithography. His figurative and landscape subjects were executed with a refined linear sensibility characteristic of mid-century printmaking. Active during the postwar period, Amen developed a distinctive graphic approach that emphasized clarity of line and formal composition across both media.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (14)
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Artwork sources (4)
14 published of 18 catalogued · 3 with image
- The Met7 published
- MoMA4 publishedof 8 catalogued2 img
- Whitney2 published
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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