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Print by Sylvia Solochek Walters, And Ruth Said (woodcut, 11.5" x 23.75", 1967). The image illustrates an early period and body of Sylvia Solochek Walters's printmaking in the 1960s, when she focused on expressive black-and-white woodcuts and lithographs of metaphorical and allegorical human figures. These works often centered on Old Testament subjects or musicians, rendered in vertically curling and knotting forms and thorny, ropy lines that thickened into shapes and branch-like extensions. Her Biblical works, like this one, sometimes incorporated Hebrew writing and evoked archetypes and symbols that critics described as dream-like, somber and mysterious. This series of work has been publicly exhibited in prominent venues and discussed in art and daily press publications.

Artist Sylvia Solochek Walters. Copyright held by the artist.

Sylvia Solochek Walters

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating an early period and body of work in Sylvia Solochek Walters's printmaking in the 1960s: her expressive black-and-white woodcuts and lithographs of metaphorical and allegorical human figures, which often focused on Old Testament subjects or musicians. These works often featured vertically curling and knotting central forms depicted in thorny, ropy lines that thickened into shapes and branch-like extensions suggesting rising musical passages or tones. Her Biblical works sometimes incorporated Hebrew writing and evoked archetypes and symbols. Because the article is about an artist and her work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize a key developmental phase in her art, which brought her initial recognition from art and daily press publications, juried exhibitions and museums. Walters's work of this type and this work in particular is discussed in the article and by prominent critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Sylvia Solochek Walters, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.