In 1968 he made a silk-screen print of the back of the Hollywood sign, which he could see from his studio.

It was an album of 12 erotic silk-screen prints.

The dining room here has exposed brick walls and intriguing silk-screen prints on glass showing banquet food.

Many are serigraphs (a genteelism for silk-screen prints), whose bright colors put them immediately in the second half of the 20th century.

Some of his works use photographic elements, like "The Whitney," a silk-screen print in that museum's collection.

Back then, Mr. Epstein, 62, estimates that he made between $30,000 and $50,000 a year, primarily from the sales of his silk-screen prints.

The silk-screen prints, a limited edition of 50 in a double set, will come from Mr. Stovall's studio.

His work includes paintings, illustrations, and silk-screen prints.

The dining room, with exposed brick walls and intriguing silk-screen prints on glass showing banquet food, is more than an afterthought.

The modern artist Robert Ryan creates intricate images by this technique, sometimes using them to produce silk-screen prints.