About the artist:

Frances Myers (1936-2014) was born in Racine, Wisconsin, and earned her BS and MFA at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She specialized in printmaking, and many of her prints and installations explore collage elements, geography, and physical boundaries as two-dimensional forms. Her work is featured in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; the National Museum of American Art in Washingon, D.C.; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; and the Musee d’Art Moderne of Paris. It has also been exhibited at the Kunsttage Gallery in Germany; various galleries in Chicago; the University of Georgia; the Museu do Arte de Brasilia, the National Art School in Sydney, Australia; the School of Applied Art in London; and at institutions in Japan, China, and Taiwan. Myers received two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, an H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, and a Kellett Mid-Career Award. 1959 BA at University of Wisconsin Madison; 1960 MA from University of Wisconsin at Madison; 1965 MFA University of Wisconsin Madison Exhibits (solo and two person) 1989 Dittman Gallery Northwestern University; 1989 Natasha Nicholson Works of Art; 1988 Perimeter Gallery in Chicago; 1988 Perimeter Gallery in Chicago; 1988 Charlotte Art Gallery at University of North Carolina; 1983 Athens Art Gallery; 1982 Carnegie Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Exhibits (group) 1989 The Aesthetic Excursion at Wustum Museum of Fine Arts; 1987 Miami International at Metropolitan Museum; 1987 Print Club Selects at Philadlephia Print Club; 1986 Public and Private at Brooklyn Museum; 1983 Architecture in Contemporary Prints at Pratt Graphics; 1983 Architecture in Contemporary Print; 1983 Seoul International Print Exchange; Awards : 1989 Purchase Award at Bradley University; 1988 Stuart M. Egnal Award Philadelphia Print Club; 1986 Print club Selects Prize at Philadlephia Print Club; Holdings ; Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; British Print council; Brooklyn Museum of Fine Arts; Metropolitan Musuem; Musee Des Arts Decoritif in Paris; National Museum of American Art; Victoria and Albert Museum "My work in the past few years has dealt with portraying the heroic aspect of woman-heroic both in scale and deed. For this I have often used the image of Wonder Woman as I remember her from childhood comics, with her headband crown and arm raised in rescue. When the suggestion came to express my artistic concerns using the statue of liberty as focus, I was struck with how that powerful figure paralleled the spirit of my previous work. In this print I tried to communicate the sense of strength and courage I always Feel I see Ms. liberty and create the mood of celebration which the country feels about her renewal." - Frances Myers