Esteban Chavez
First Noble Print
Photo etching, 2000, 5 3/8” x 4”
Framing by the Noble Maritime Collection

Esteban Chavez is an internationally recognized artist whose work is in the permanent collection of such institutions as Yale University, the Smithsonian Collection of the Library of Congress, the Tampei Fine Art Museum, China, and the Museum of Fine Art, Wakayama, Japan. He describes his photo etching technique as “layers of multicultural images.” The print in tonight’s auction is the first ever printed in the Noble Maritime Collection’s printmaking studio.