A model workshop : Margaret Lowengrund and the contemporaries / Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl ; with contributions by Sarah Archer, Ellen J. Benjamin, Noriko Kuwahara, Jillian Russo, and Rachel Vogel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lowengrund, Margaret, 1902-1957.

Rosenblum, Lauren, 1974- editor.

Weyl, Christina, editor.

Hecker, Judith B., writer of foreword.

Bratovich, Jenn, writer of foreword.

Archer, Sarah, contributor.

Benjamin, Ellen J., contributor.

Kuwahara, Noriko, contributor.

Russo, Jillian E., contributor.

Vogel, Rachel, contributor.

Print Center, host institution, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lowengrund, Margaret, 1902-1957--Exhibitions.

Lowengrund, Margaret.

Women printmakers--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Women printmakers.

Women printmakers--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Feminists--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Feminists.

Prints--20th century--Exhibitions.

Prints.

Prints--20th century.

Women printmakers--20th century.

Women printmakers--New York (State)--New York--20th century.

Feminists--20th century.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

120 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Margaret Lowengrund and the contemporaries

Place of Publication:

New York : Print Center New York ; Munich, Germany : Hirmer Publishers, [2023]

Summary:

A Model Workshop explores the understudied impact of Margaret Lowengrund (1902-57), a visionary figure within the mid-twentieth century printmaking community, and the vibrant New York workshop and gallery she founded, The Contemporaries. Bringing together original essays and archival documents, the book maps the activities, networks, and legacies of Lowengrund and The Contemporaries, placing them in the context of organized labor, feminism, entrepreneurship, international exchange, and modern prints. In doing so, A Model Workshop expands our understanding of 1950s printmaking by showing that Lowengrund and The Contemporaries were a vital nexus in the field.

Contents:

Foreword and Acknowledgments / Judy Hecker and Jenn Bratovich

Introduction / Christina Wyel and Lauren Rosenblum

Conceiving a Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund before The Contemporaries / Laruen Rosenblum

Margaret Lowengrund

Fusing Printmaking, Commerce, and Education: The Contemporaries and Pratt Graphic Art Center / Christina Weyl

The Imprint of an Artist, Witness, and Advocate / Ellen J. Benjamin

Vision and Grit: Margaret Lowengrund and New York's Female Galleriests of the 1950s / Jillian Russo

Ideal Pictures for Modern Walls: Margaret Lowengrund, The Contemporaries, and the Postwar Middle-Class Interior / Sarah Archer

The Contemporaries

Printmaking Exchanges between Japan and the United States in the Mid-Twentieth Century / Noriko Kuwahara

Redefining Contemporary Print: Luis Camnitzer, Liliana Porter, and the New York Graphic Workshop / Rachel Vogel

Pratt Graphic Art Center

Chronology

Exhibition Histories.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and the Contemporaries" presented at Print Center New York September 21-December 23, 2023."

Includes bibliographic references (pages 112-119).

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Print Center New York, September 21 - December 23, 2023.

ISBN:

377744152X

9783777441528

OCLC:

1404459564