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Dramatic browns and blacks silkscreen titled "Fossil" by Harry Krug. Signed lower right and titled lower left in pencil on black paper. Born in 1930, in Wisconsin, Harry Krug earned a bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and a master’s from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Krug joined the faculty at Pittsburgh State University in 1958, becoming full professor in 1978. He served as chair of the department from 1981 to 1995. He was known for his unique style of printmaking, including the mastery of serigraphs. He routinely used as many as 20 screens and dozens of colors to create a work. His art has been shown at major galleries and juried exhibitions throughout the U.S. and Europe. At the time he was named department chair, 30 of his original serigraphs were on permanent display at various U.S. embassies around the world, and his work had been referenced in four textbooks. Krug died Nov. 27, 2019, in Pittsburg. He was 89.