Irving Amen 
"Monument to Our Uncertain Future"
This artwork is:
Hand Signed
Limited edition Lithograph (#72/200)
Never before owned or framed
Custom Framed in a patterned black frame
Double Matted in speckled sand and gray
 ARTIST PROOF
Image Size: 13" x 19"
Framed Size: 19" x 25"
 Framed in the USA
Ready to hang hardware already installed on back of frame
Printed on Arches Paper from France.  Arches paper is a brand of air-dried paper that is used by printers and watercolorists. It has a warm white color and is produced in hot-pressed, cold-pressed, and rough varieties. Arches paper is made in the village of Arches in the Vosges, France.
Subject Matter: The artwork features stylized figures, typically depicted in a somber or contemplative manner, reflecting the title's theme of an uncertain future.
Significance: This piece is often discussed in the context of Amen's broader body of work, which frequently addresses universal human experiences and anxieties.
The artwork in the image, "Monument to Our Uncertain Future" by Irving Amen, incorporates elements from several art styles, including Cubism, Abstrat, Expressionism, and Relaism.
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IRVING AMEN (1918-2011)
Known for his oil paintings, etchings and woodcuts, Irving Amen was born in New York City, worked there for some years, and then moved to Boca Raton, Florida. Born in New York City in 1918, he began drawing at the age of four. A scholarship to the Pratt Institute was awarded to him when he was fourteen years old. With Michelangelo as his idol, he spent seven years in life classes perfecting his drawing.
He studied at the Pratt Institute from 1932 to 1939 and also studied in Paris and in Italy. He created a Peace Medal commemorating the end of the Viet Nam war and for a synagogue in Columbus, Ohio, designed a stained glass window of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Amen studied in Paris in 1950. Upon his return to the United States, he had one man shows in New York and Washington DC.
In 1953, Amen traveled throughout Italy. This resulted in a series of eleven woodcuts, eight etchings and a number of oil paintings. One of these woodcuts, “Piazza San Marco #4” and its four woodblocks constitute a permanent exhibit of block printing in color at the Smithsonian Institution.
Commissions include a Peace Medal in honor of the Vietnam War. He created designs for 12 stained glass windows 16 feet high depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel, commissioned by  Agudas Achim Synagogue in Columbus, Ohio.
He has been an instructor of art at Pratt Institute and at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. Among his memberships are the Society of American Graphic Artists, the International Society of Wood Engravers, and Audubon Artists. He is listed in Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers and the Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists by Paul Cummings.  He was elected member of Accademia Fiorentina Delle Arti Del Disegno, an organization to which Michelangelo belonged.