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FRITZ EICHENBERG Subway.
Wood engraving, 1934. 157x120 mm; 6 1/4x4 3/4 inches, full margins. Edition of 200. Signed, titled and inscribed "Ed. 200" in pencil, lower margin. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. A very good impression.
Eichenberg (1901-1990) was born in Cologne, Germany and studied at the Municipal School of Applied Arts, Cologne, and the Academy of Graphic Arts, Leipzig. He learned various forms of printmaking during his studies and apprenticed for a printer. He worked as an illustrator in Germany, but in 1933, as Nazi Germany rose to power, he immigrated to the United States. He participated in the Federal Arts Project during the 1930s, and had a successful career as a book illustrator and teacher at the New School for Social Research, Pratt Institute and the University of Rhode Island. Eichenberg's urban scenes of New York from the 1930s captured the essence of the bustling, growing city.
