Renee Rockoff's note reads: "Dear [----] / May 77 bring you & wife the best of success, happiness & health / Love / Renee & Michael". Kirk's fine signed etching depicts a street scene in subtle shades of black & gray with several figures walking under a striped awning on which is printed "Green Grocers of America Ltd".
Michael Kirk [b. 1947] is an American painter and printmaker. He earned his Master of Fine Art degree from the Pratt Institute, New York City and soon after received an artist-in-residence award at Cameret, France. His art has been shown in international exhibitions and throughout the United States. In 1975 he created a portfolio of acquatints titled "Doorways" which are listed in the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art. Fine .
Keywords: ART; AMERICAN ART; ARTISTS; MICHAEL KIRK; RENEE ROCKOFF; PRATT INSTITUTE; AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY RENEE ROCKOFF; ANS; A.N.S.; SIGNATURE; ORIGINAL ETCHING SIGNED BY MICHAEL KIRK; GREEN GROCERS OF AMERICA LTD.