Artist: Luigi Rist

Title: The Pear II

Year: c. 1959

Medium: ink and rice paste on paper

Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches

Credit Line: gift courtesy of Mildred H. McQueen

Lancaster Museum of Art Collection, Lancaster, PA

Luigi Rist was an American printmaker (1888-1959). Mentored by Morris Blackburn, Rist has work in collections including the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, among others. He is known for his unique printmaking technique that combines traditional japanese wood cut methods with modern ingenuity.

Rist’s wife Ida supported Rist both financially and creatively throughout their entire married life, working multiple jobs and managing the care and sale of his artwork. After his death in 1959, she often signed his prints - their signatures so similar the difference between the two is indistinguishable.