Veeber Agate (2 results)

Drypoint. Signed in pencil by the artist. 15 1/2 x 21 inches. New York (1966). Striking drypoint print of a harbor with boats and birds in flight. Some abrasions in corners from old hinges, otherwise in good condition. Agaate Veeber, (1901 - 1988) born Agaate Wilhelmine Kanto; was an Estonian graphic artist and illustrator who began her career in the 1920s in Estonia and continued in the United States after immigrating in 1948. Following the Soviet occupation and annexation of Estonia in 1944 during World War II, Agaate Veeber fled as a war refugee, first to Vienna, where she completed courses at the Institute of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna on a scholarship in 1944. Afterwards, she lived in a number of displaced persons camps in Germany, including Geislingen DP Camp, from where she was able to immigrate to the United States. This is an excellent example of her work. *Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking technique that creates sharp lines with fuzzy, velvety edges. A diamond-pointed needle is used to incise lines directly into a bare metal printing plate, displacing ridges of metal that adhere to the edges of the incised lines. This displaced metal is called burr. Inking fills the incised lines and clings to the burr.

2 color wood cut. 'Woodcut' in Estonian, signed in pencil by the artist. 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. New York (1963). Accomplished portrait in two colors. Agaate Veeber, (1901 - 1988) born Agaate Wilhelmine Kanto; was an Estonian graphic artist and illustrator who began her career in the 1920s in Estonia and continued in the United States after immigrating in 1948. Following the Soviet occupation and annexation of Estonia in 1944 during World War II, Agaate Veeber fled as a war refugee, first to Vienna, where she completed courses at the Institute of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna on a scholarship in 1944. Afterwards, she lived in a number of displaced persons camps in Germany, including Geislingen DP Camp, from where she was able to immigrate to the United States. This is an excellent example of her work.