"Woman Preparing Fish" by Amos Langdown, South African, (1930-2006) Color Traces of another head study

Traces of another head study are visible inverted below

boldly rendered portrait by this lesser known Mexican master

suggesting the monumental sweep of this grand view within a small scale

and quite rare

A particularly rich impression of this scarce and forceful portrait by J

"Woman Preparing Fish" by Amos Langdown, South African, (1930-2006) Color Traces of another head studyAmos Langdown, South African, (1930 2006), Woman Preparing Fish, Woodcut, 1962, 15 9 16 x 10 7 8, Ed. of 3 6, on cream japan paper, signed in pencil. Slight foxing and handling creases in margins. Langdown was a prominent South African painter and also a masterful and prolific printmaker, who favored native South African subjects in his work. He won a grant from the South African governmet to study abroad in Holland, and had a distinguished career as