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Michael Knigin Not Me Boy Serigraph 1979 Signed, Limited Edition Bird
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Own a piece of art history with this stunning signed fine art print of Michael Knigin's "Not Me Boy". This beautiful screen print depicts a colorful parrot bird and is the perfect addition to any art collection.
Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011)
Title: Not me boy
Year: 1979
Medium: Serigraph (screenprint)
Signature: Signed in pencil
Edition: A/P of 300 Rarity factor: Fewer APs exist vs. the 300 numbered.
Image Size: 26 x 16.5 inches
Full sheet approximately 30 x 21 inches (76 x 53 cm)
Style: Bold, colorful Pop/modern graphic design with a central bird figure (a lovebird or similar small parrot) perched amid a vivid floral background. The composition uses strong contrasts and flat color blocks, typical of Knigin's bird-themed prints from that era.
Subject: The title "Not Me Boy" adds a humorous, anthropomorphic twist—perhaps implying the bird's "innocent" or cheeky expression, as if denying involvement in some mischief. This playful naming fits Knigin's lighthearted approach to animal subjects.
Michael Knigin was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended and graduated from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. During his junior year, he was awarded a Ford Foundation Grant to study fine art lithography at the renowned Tamarind Lithography Workshop, in Los Angeles.
After graduating college in 1966, Knigin started teaching at the Pratt Graphic Center in Manhattan, an extension of the Pratt Institute, devoted to fine arts and graphic prints. There he started a fine art lithography workshop. After a year and a half, he opened his own publishing company, Chiron Press, and added a silkscreen printing facility. This was the first facility in the United States that combined lithography and screen-printing. The shop remained in existence for over seven years, printing and publishing editions for the most renowned contemporary artists, including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Paul Jenkins.
In 1970 and 1971 he co-authored two books on lithography, which were published by Van Nostrand/Reinhold. One of these books was a textbook on fine art lithography and was used extensively in schools in the United States and Britain. After selling Chiron Press in 1974, Knigin was invited by the Israel Museum and the Jerusalem Foundation to establish the first professional lithography workshop in Israel and to train a group of young Israeli artists. While in Israel, he collaborated with the Ministry of Labor and Education, along with nationally and internationally known artists from Israel, the United States and Europe.
After his tenure at the graphic center, he returned to New York and preceded to create his own prints and paintings. At that time, Knigin was appointed a Professor at Pratt Institute. In 1988 he was appointed to the NASA Art Team and was sent to the Kennedy Space Center to visually interpret the launch of the space shuttle Discovery, celebrating NASA's return to space after the Challenger's disaster in 1986.
In 1991 he was recalled interpreting the touchdown of the space shuttle Atlantis at Edward's Air Force Base. Along with these honors, he has received many awards including Cleo Award for art direction, a fellowship of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, an Art and Technology Grant, two Certificates of Merit from the National Society of Illustrators. He has judged seven national and international art shows.
From 1978 to the present, he has had 17 one-person shows and has been included in approximately a hundred and twenty group shows here and abroad. Michael's work is included in over 60 museums and corporate collections, including the Whitney American Museum of Art, Albright-Knox, The Cooper Hewitt Museum, The Portland Museum of Art, The Israel Museum, The Port Authority of NY, Citibank, NASA, U.S. Dept. of State, and the Phillip Morris Collection.
His work has been written about in approximately forty articles, featured in publications such as the New York Times, Art in America, and Art News. Last but not least, he has been commissioned to create art by over forty corporations and institutions. His accomplishments in the art field are significant. His contributions to Israel and The United States are well respected by artists, educators, and collectors alike.
Michael Knigin passed away on January 27, 2011, after a long battle with lung cancer.
Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011)
Title: Not me boy
Year: 1979
Medium: Serigraph (screenprint)
Signature: Signed in pencil
Edition: A/P of 300 Rarity factor: Fewer APs exist vs. the 300 numbered.
Image Size: 26 x 16.5 inches
Full sheet approximately 30 x 21 inches (76 x 53 cm)
Style: Bold, colorful Pop/modern graphic design with a central bird figure (a lovebird or similar small parrot) perched amid a vivid floral background. The composition uses strong contrasts and flat color blocks, typical of Knigin's bird-themed prints from that era.
Subject: The title "Not Me Boy" adds a humorous, anthropomorphic twist—perhaps implying the bird's "innocent" or cheeky expression, as if denying involvement in some mischief. This playful naming fits Knigin's lighthearted approach to animal subjects.
Michael Knigin was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended and graduated from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. During his junior year, he was awarded a Ford Foundation Grant to study fine art lithography at the renowned Tamarind Lithography Workshop, in Los Angeles.
After graduating college in 1966, Knigin started teaching at the Pratt Graphic Center in Manhattan, an extension of the Pratt Institute, devoted to fine arts and graphic prints. There he started a fine art lithography workshop. After a year and a half, he opened his own publishing company, Chiron Press, and added a silkscreen printing facility. This was the first facility in the United States that combined lithography and screen-printing. The shop remained in existence for over seven years, printing and publishing editions for the most renowned contemporary artists, including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Paul Jenkins.
In 1970 and 1971 he co-authored two books on lithography, which were published by Van Nostrand/Reinhold. One of these books was a textbook on fine art lithography and was used extensively in schools in the United States and Britain. After selling Chiron Press in 1974, Knigin was invited by the Israel Museum and the Jerusalem Foundation to establish the first professional lithography workshop in Israel and to train a group of young Israeli artists. While in Israel, he collaborated with the Ministry of Labor and Education, along with nationally and internationally known artists from Israel, the United States and Europe.
After his tenure at the graphic center, he returned to New York and preceded to create his own prints and paintings. At that time, Knigin was appointed a Professor at Pratt Institute. In 1988 he was appointed to the NASA Art Team and was sent to the Kennedy Space Center to visually interpret the launch of the space shuttle Discovery, celebrating NASA's return to space after the Challenger's disaster in 1986.
In 1991 he was recalled interpreting the touchdown of the space shuttle Atlantis at Edward's Air Force Base. Along with these honors, he has received many awards including Cleo Award for art direction, a fellowship of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, an Art and Technology Grant, two Certificates of Merit from the National Society of Illustrators. He has judged seven national and international art shows.
From 1978 to the present, he has had 17 one-person shows and has been included in approximately a hundred and twenty group shows here and abroad. Michael's work is included in over 60 museums and corporate collections, including the Whitney American Museum of Art, Albright-Knox, The Cooper Hewitt Museum, The Portland Museum of Art, The Israel Museum, The Port Authority of NY, Citibank, NASA, U.S. Dept. of State, and the Phillip Morris Collection.
His work has been written about in approximately forty articles, featured in publications such as the New York Times, Art in America, and Art News. Last but not least, he has been commissioned to create art by over forty corporations and institutions. His accomplishments in the art field are significant. His contributions to Israel and The United States are well respected by artists, educators, and collectors alike.
Michael Knigin passed away on January 27, 2011, after a long battle with lung cancer.
