Title: The Family Approaches.
Artist: Matt Phillips (1927-2017).
Drypoint, 1963.
Edition not noted. Proof impression.
Signed and dated in pencil. Inscribed "e/a." Titled on verso. Proof impression.
Image size 3 7/8 x 3 5/16" (9.8 x 8.4 cm).

Matt Phillips was born in New York City. He originally was interested in being a poet and studied literature at the University of Chicago. During this time he also studied at the Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA. He then went to Europe to continue his artistic training, returning to the United States in 1964 to teach at Bard College. After retiring in 1987 Matt Phillips dedicated himself to exhibitions and world travel. Over his lifetime Matt Phillips has had more than 60 solo exhibitions.

His work is in many museum collections including Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; New York Public Library, New York, NY; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, and others.

Condition: Good condition, soft crease in the upper left margin corner, not affecting the image. Some ink residue from printing in the margins.