Herbert Lewis Fink (1921-2006) was a painter, printmaker, and educator born in Providence, Rhode Island. Fink studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and earned his BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1949. He later earned his MFA from Yale University.
He taught courses at both of his alma maters and also at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where he was the recipient of the university’s first distinguished professor of art. Fink has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, Tiffany Award, Ford Foundation Purchase Award, and has artwork displayed in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Baltimore Museum of Art, among numerous other institutions.
I have a framed print in my collection from Herbert L. Fink entitled “Five Women Standing.” The edition number is 76/80. Signed 1970.
I cannot find it in any collection or catalog and consider it rather rare. I can assure you the signature is correct. As far as I can assume, none of these has never come up for auction.
I also have an original of “The Visitation,” by Mr Fink. I am aware of whom I am speaking of as I have done prints and graphic arts my entire life.
If you could shed some information on this subject, please let me know.
I would like to know where “Five Women Standing “ fits into his catalog.
Hi Mark,
Thanks for commenting. You’re right that it seems like there aren’t any results for “Five Women Standing” easily accessible. The closest thing I could find, maybe as a stylistic cousin or reference, was “Neither Gold Nor Silver.” This item features five women standing and is from the same year as your piece (1970). The piece is housed in Georgetown University’s collections, which I’ve included the link for.
https://art.library.georgetown.edu/objects-1/info?query=Artist%20%3D%20%224410%22&sort=0&page=45
Best,
Marcus