Quest, Charles. BURST FORTH INTO SINGING AND CRY ALOUD (or BREAK FORTH.....). Wood Engraving, 1948. Edition of 25, numbered 2/25 and signed in pencil. 12 x 9 inches. With a label on the reverse of the frame, apparently Quest's own entry label for an exhibition, written in ink, reading: "Charles Quest/Washington University/School of Fine Arts/St. Louis, Mo./Won 1st Graphic Arts Prize at St. Louis Artist's Guild 1948/Owned by the Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California/Exhibited at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1948/Exhibited at St. Louis City Art Museum/& other museums throughout the country," and with a tag affixed to the label with the printed number "325," likely the number of the work in the exhibition. In excellent condition. Charles Quest, American, 1904-1993. Quest studied and taught at Washington University. He was a painter and a printmaker in the Modernist tradition, exhibited widely, and won many awards. His work is in the collections of many museums
