MARGARET LOWENGRUND (1902 1957) Milkweed

Sale 2696 - Lot 137

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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

MARGARET LOWENGRUND (1902 - 1957)
Milkweed.

Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 1952. 465x350 mm; 18¼x13½ inches, full margins. Proof impression, aside from an edition of likely 10. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "Proof" in pencil, lower margin.

Provenance
Estate of the artist, Woodstock.

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In 1951, Margaret Lowengrund opened The Contemporaries, an unprecedented gallery and print studio hybrid servicing artists of all media, students, and collectors. By promoting prints alongside paintings and sculpture, Lowengrund aimed to call attention to their importance by contextualizing them and discarding the prescribed hierarchy of media. The Contemporaries studio specialized in lithography and etching and offered instruction and edition printing for artists. It notably pre-dated the flurry of printmaking activity and was at the vanguard of burgeoning independent print workshops in the United States during the following decade.

Lowengrund has recently been the subject of a groundbreaking exhibition "A Model Workshop" at the Print Center New York, September 21 - December 23, 2023, curated by Christina Weyl and Lauren Rosenblum. Weyl and Rosenblum's research has brought to light Lowengrund's life and achievements, as well as her far-reaching legacy.