William Gropper (1897-1977)
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"Joe Magarac" 1948, Lithograph. Edition: 250. Signed in pencil, William Gropper, lower right, and in the stone, lower left.
Image: 13 3/8 x 8 11/16 inches (339 x 221 mm). Sheet: 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches (451 x 317 mm).
Image: 13 3/8 x 8 11/16 inches (339 x 221 mm). Sheet: 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches (451 x 317 mm).
Inventory ID: 1169
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Very good condition. Good margins. Published by Associated American Artists (AAA). One of Gropper's best prints from his American Folk Hero's Series. Of this print and Gropper the AAA said:
"Joe Magarac. A limited edition signed original lithograph by William Gropper. Briefly concerning the artist. New York born and bred, William Gropper studied under Henri, Bellows, and Giles. His paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, Pennsylvania Academy, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Encyclopedia Britannica, Whitney Museum of American Art, Chicago Art Institute, Fogg Museum, Hartford Museum, Museum of Western Art in Moscow, Harkov Museum and many others throughout the world. His murals hang in the New Interior Building in Washington D. C.; Post Office Buildings at Freeport, L. I., and Detroit, Michigan, and other important public buildings. In 1937 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and since then has received numerous major art awards including the Harmon Prize, the Collier Prize, and the Wanamaker Prize. He is the author of The Golden Land, a book of cartoons; Alay Oop, a novel in pictures; and Fifty-six Drawings of Russia; besides which he has illustrated over thirty other books."
The folk series included such figures as, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, and other mythic American heroes. The production of this series also involved a widely distributed map created in 1946 depicting America in relation to its folklore. Later, in 1953, Senator Joseph McCarthy would interpret these images as Communistic in origin and subpoenaed Gropper for investigation. Gropper plead the Fifth Amendment and was blacklisted by his representative galleries.
Very good condition. Good margins. Published by Associated American Artists (AAA). One of Gropper's best prints from his American Folk Hero's Series. Of this print and Gropper the AAA said:
"Joe Magarac. A limited edition signed original lithograph by William Gropper. Briefly concerning the artist. New York born and bred, William Gropper studied under Henri, Bellows, and Giles. His paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, Pennsylvania Academy, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Encyclopedia Britannica, Whitney Museum of American Art, Chicago Art Institute, Fogg Museum, Hartford Museum, Museum of Western Art in Moscow, Harkov Museum and many others throughout the world. His murals hang in the New Interior Building in Washington D. C.; Post Office Buildings at Freeport, L. I., and Detroit, Michigan, and other important public buildings. In 1937 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and since then has received numerous major art awards including the Harmon Prize, the Collier Prize, and the Wanamaker Prize. He is the author of The Golden Land, a book of cartoons; Alay Oop, a novel in pictures; and Fifty-six Drawings of Russia; besides which he has illustrated over thirty other books."
The folk series included such figures as, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, and other mythic American heroes. The production of this series also involved a widely distributed map created in 1946 depicting America in relation to its folklore. Later, in 1953, Senator Joseph McCarthy would interpret these images as Communistic in origin and subpoenaed Gropper for investigation. Gropper plead the Fifth Amendment and was blacklisted by his representative galleries.
