William Kurelek - Ukrainian Christmas Eve Feast (yellow)

Artist: William Kurelek
Title: Ukrainian Christmas Eve Feast (colour)
Date: 1973
Medium: lithograph
Edition: O.S. 1
Paper Size: 12” x 8”
Image Size: 12” x 8”

This lithograph, titled Ukrainian Christmas Eve Feast, is one of ten prints produced with William Kurelek at Open Studio between 1973 and 1976.

This signed print is the first of two Open Studio Proofs originally assigned to the Open Studio print archive. The numbered edition was originally published in an edition of 50 and printed at Open Studio with Don Holman, then Director of Lithography, and Steve MacKenzie. Holman’s embossed artist’s chop is visible in the bottom right corner of the paper.

This proof is a two-colour version of the lithograph, printed in brown and yellow tones. A second version, printed in one colour and originally released in an edition of 25, is also available here.

Signature: W. Kurelek, bottom left, on the table.
Provenance: Open Studio print archive.