Victoria Donohoe

The modern upsurge of interest in drawings and prints in America is reflected in the “Regional Exhibition of Prints and Drawings” at the Art Alliance, 251 S. 18^th St., featuring 95 works selected from over 600 entries.

Competing for six prizes were artists from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware living within 50-mile radius of Philadelphia and artists connected with this city in a working capacity; judges were Edmund Casarella, Fritz Eichenberg and Jacob Landau, with Mrs. Philip Klein as ex-officio juror.

Predominately a show of small, moody and expressive works usually involving the human figure, the exhibit is a pleasantly varied, stimulating selection representing all the contemporary graphic mediums.

A minority viewpoint is presented by formalists Savelli, Coiner and Eichenberg, while artists who strike a lyrical note include Aiello, DeVivi, Drabkin, Kaplan, Kohn, Maxwell, Osborne and Petlock.

Amont the prize-winners, Johnny Aiello gives a good account of himself in a lilting “Blue Interior” lithograph.