Print of the Day!! Sunday, May 23, 2021, is by Albert Abramovitz (1879-1963): "Dust Bowl", blockprint, ca 1932, proofs only. $600.00.
Print of the Day!! Sunday, May 23, 2021, is by WPA printmaker Albert Abramovitz (1879-1963). Celebrating 50 Years of Art Dealing. The 10th posting of one month of prints we are exhibiting at the Virtual New York Satellite Print Fair May 14 - June 14, 2021.
Philosopher George Santana famously wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." This blockprint was done during a great American migration, during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s by WPA printmaker Albert Abramowitz (1879-1963).
"Dust Bowl" is a relief print, a blockprint by American printmaker Albert Abramowitz was done around 1932. The image measures 6-1/2 x 7-7/8." This impression is pencil signed by the artist in the lower margin. It was printed by the artist in an edition of under 25 on a sheet of smooth ivory wove paper that measures 9-1/2 x 12-1/4." Abramovitz printed many blockprints for the WPA in the 1930s, though "Dust Bowl" is not found in any of the WPA records. Our inventory number for this relief print is MIST102.I
The price of this rare relief print by Albert Abramowitz (1886-1967) is $600.00. Contact the gallery with any condition or other questions. Shipping costs will be discussed. California residents will have sales tax added. Out of state residents may be responsible for use tax, depending on state law.
In his blockprint "Dust Bowl" Abramowitz depicts a family, carrying all of their valuables, trudging along a rural road while a dust storm swirls in the background. The actual Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion caused the phenomenon.
The land became worthless and families were forced to move, many headed west, hopeful of finding work in the lush farmlands, ranches, and orchards of California (e.g.The Grapes of Wrath). These Dust Bowl refugees were called "Okies" and faced discrimination, menial labor, and pitiable wages upon reaching California. Many of them lived in shantytowns and tents along irrigation ditches. "Okie" became a term of disdain used to refer to any poor Dust Bowl migrant, regardless of their state of origin.
In his graphic output, Latvian-born American printmaker Albert Abramowitz often employed imagery to convey social or political commentary. He produced a number of prints for the Federal Arts Project Works Progress Administration in New York between 1935 and 1939. His works are in the collections of the British Museum, the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the David Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State University, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Spencer Museum of Art, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Washington County Museum of Art, and the Frederick R. Wiseman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota.
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