Pat Pickering - Five Men Seated, 1968

Pat Pickering - Five Men Seated, 1968

Pat Pickering - Five Men Seated
Monochromatic Block Print on Rives Heavyweight, an English rag paper
Pencil signed on the front
Numbered 39 on the main colophon page, from the limited edition of 250
from the portfolio New Jersey Volunteers for Eugene McCarthy
The work features a minimalist, high-contrast graphic depiction of five male figures in suits seated at a table. The piece is executed on off-white paper and is hand-signed in pencil by the artist in the lower right corner.
Five Men Seated (from Portfolio of Reproductions, by artists in residence in N.J., issued by N.J. Volunteers for McCarthy,1968 (Democratic Senator from Minnesota, author and poet  - NOT to be confused with the Fascist Joseph McCarthy from a decade earlier). New Jersey Volunteers for McCarthy in Roosevelt, New Jersey, to raise visibility and support for Eugene McCarthy’s anti-war presidential campaign.
Unframed - never framed
Signed to lower right 'Pat Pickering'. This work is from the edition of 250 printed by Pearl Seligman and published by New Jersey Volunteers for McCarthy, Roosevelt, New Jersey.

Pat Pickering was noted as an artist-in-residence in New Jersey during the late 1960s. The artist worked closely alongside community printmakers—such as Pearl Seligman—and was part of a collective of local creators who leveraged their graphic art for social and political initiatives. Pickering specialized in traditional graphic print mediums, including lithographs, block prints, and heavily embossed linocuts. The artist's stylistic hallmark leaned heavily toward Mid-Century Modernism and stark abstract minimalism, utilizing high-contrast silhouettes to convey themes of bureaucracy, anonymity, or structured modern life.