LOUISE NEVELSON "JUMBO" WORKING PROOF LITHO, 1966 American art 1990s Holzer was the first female

Holzer was the first female artist to represent the US at the Venice Biennale in 1990

Although there were times in his career where he was under exclusive contract to Condé-Nast (typically one of the international versions of Vogue) he always maintained a clause permitting him to shoot for Playboy

and often erotic

frequently executed in encaustic (one of the most difficult mediums to work in)

LOUISE NEVELSON "JUMBO" WORKING PROOF LITHO, 1966 American art 1990s Holzer was the first femaleCollage was an important part of Louise Nevelson's practice. The process mirrored her approach to sculpture; taking disparate elements and assembling or uniting them into a complex whole. Similar to her American contemporaries, Nevelson delved into printmaking beginning in the early 1950's. She worked with the leading printing studios in America adopting new techniques while expanding her aesthetic and oeuvre considerably. This piece was a working