Born in Nahant, Massachusetts, in 1932, Nancy Irrig received a B.F.A. from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1952. A schoolteacher, Irrig paints murals and easel paintings. She also paints on saws that she purchases from farm sales in the Shenandoah Valley.
*Excerpted from Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc.
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