Paul Peter Piech (American Contemporary), Whitman, signed and dated 1993 lower left, inscribed 'to S Talbot' lower right, measurements 41 x 29 cm, frame 45.5 x 33 cm. Provenance: Acquired by the vendor from the exhibition 'Dedicated to all Defenders of Human Freedoms, The Art of Peter Paul Piech', 2016-2017

Printmaker Paul Peter Piech created this print to honour 100 years since Walter Whitman's death

Piech grew up in New York and began his career as a graphic artist for the Dorlands Advertising Agency under Herbert Bayer. During World War Two he was stationed in Cardiff with the US Air Foce where he met his future wife and decided to remain in the UK following the end of the conflict. He studied at the Chelsea College of Art before continuing in the advertising industry. Piech set up his own independant press, Taurus Press. He is best known for his politically-charged linocut imagery. Piech's works can be seen in a number of national collections including the V&A, British Library, National Library of Wales and Aberystwyth University Collection.