"Aqua Jug" by Phillip Hicken. Excellent condition, archivally matted and framed,(14in x 16 1/4in image, 26 1/4in x 34in frame), signed in plate and pencil. Philip Burnham Hicken (1910-1985) was an American print maker, painter and teacher born in Massachusetts in 1910. He studied at the Massachusetts School of Art. During the 1930's he created works for the WPA. Hicken taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design as well as Boston University. In 1957 he became the Chairman of the Fine Arts Department at the Art Institute of Boston. During the early part of his career he created mostly representational art, but moved toward abstraction during the 1950's. Philip's work has been exhibited across the U.S. and is held in the collections of Universities and Museums.