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Allen Street El - BERNARD BRUSSEL-SMITH
Medium: wood engraving
BERNARD BRUSSEL-SMITH
American, (1914-1989)
Wood engraving, 1941, Teller 12, edition 140. 4 1/16 x 6 1/16 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on a fairly thin wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. New York artist Bernard Brussel-Smith was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1914. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the New School for Social Research in New York. It was during his time at the New School that Brussel-Smith became interested in wood engraving and began a career in this demanding art form. The Allen Street El is now a creation of the past. It was demolished in 1942. $700
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