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Rare 1942 WPA style Chicago woodblock art

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Heading: (American Woodblock art, 1942 rare WPA style Chicago imprints)
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Title: Two rare 1942 Chicago imprints of woodblock art
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Date Published: 1942
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Engagement Calendar, 1942 / From the Art Classes of the Chicago Public High Schools. Spiral Bound. 6 x 9 inches, Approximately 70 (unnumbered) full-page prints+ the front-cover illustration.

[Booklet] "Young Chicago Art" by the James Nelson Raymond classes for the children of Institute members and public school scholarship students. Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, May 2-19, 1942. Woodblock print outer cover and 9 mimeographed pages listing 216 young artists.

Whether or not any of the high school students went on to artistic careers, much of the work in this booklet - on a wide variety of subjects of the World War II era - is very skillfully executed.

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Rare 1942 WPA style Chicago woodblock art

Name: Rare 1942 WPA style Chicago woodblock art
SKU: 41047209
Price: 400 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $400 - $600

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