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Raphael Soyer

Artist
Raphael Soyer
(American, b. Russia, 1899 - 1987)
Title
Backstage
Date
1937
Medium
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
8 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. Image
Credit
Gift of the Federal Arts Project
Accession No.
59.3.2
Classification
Prints
Geography
United States

Related

1937, produced by the artist, Raphael Soyer (New York, NY), for the Federal Arts Projects (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA); 1959, assigned on (permanent) long-term loan to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Watrous, James, "A Century of American Printmaking, 1880-1980." Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984. p. 120, no. 4.25
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Americans At Home and Abroad: Graphic Arts, 1855-1975." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1976. p. 27, no. 64

  • New York City Life 1905-1940: Prints by John Sloan and His Friends and Followers: Chazen Museum of Art, 1/27/2007–3/25/2007
  • Century of American Printmaking 1880-1980, A: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2/18/1984–4/8/1984
  • Americans at Home and Abroad: Graphic Arts 1855-1975 : Elvehjem Art Center, 5/1/1976–6/27/1976

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