Dorothy Mandel Signed 1970 Mid-Century Woodcut "Darkness Over Athens" - Framed

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A powerful, large-scale original mid-century modern color woodcut print titled "Darkness Over Athens" by the listed 20th-century printmaker Dorothy Mandel. … Read more A powerful, large-scale original mid-century modern color woodcut print titled "Darkness Over Athens" by the listed 20th-century printmaker Dorothy Mandel. Hand-signed, titled, dated March 1970, and personally inscribed "for Ann and Sid" by the artist in pencil along the lower margin.
Executed with dramatic, heavily textured black graphic cuts over a warm ocher-gold undertone, the composition depicts the ancient Acropolis and Parthenon rising above the sprawling Plaka neighborhood below. Given the precise date of March 1970, the moody, swirling storm front and evocative title serve as a poignant, historically significant artistic response to the political oppression sweeping Greece during the historic Greek Military Junta era (1967–1974).
Framing & Presentation Provenance:
Housed in its original period presentation: a wide, rustic sloped black wooden frame with a complementary wide cream mat board. Assembled professionally by the historic Artcraft Frames and Gallery of Denver, Colorado, retaining its original vintage silver foil studio label on the reverse. The reverse features an authentic, structurally sound brown cardboard dust backing outfitted with heavy-duty braided wire mounting hardware. See less