Artworks · Fred Becker

In-text plate (folio 5) from 21 Etchings and Poems

1960 · Etching and engraving from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure

plate: 13 11/16 × 11 9/16" (34.8 × 29.4 cm); page: 19 11/16 × 16 7/8" (50 × 42.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Saint George and the Dragon

1947 · Etching on white wove paper

Plate: 44.7 × 28.5 cm (17 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 57.2 × 38.7 cm (22 9/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jam Session

1936 · Wood engraving on off-white wove paper

Plate: 19.8 × 25.2 cm (7 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26.6 × 35.1 cm (10 1/2 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cafeteria Still Life

1935 · Copper engraving on cream wove paper

Image: 25.4 × 20.2 cm (10 × 8 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 25.8 cm (12 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Clam Bake

1935 · Wood engraving on off-white wove paper

Image: 19.8 × 25 cm (7 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 28.8 × 44.4 cm (11 3/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Elevated Station

1935 · Wood engraving on off-white wove paper

Image: 20.6 × 25.6 cm (8 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 28.7 × 44.7 cm (11 5/16 × 17 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cafeteria Still Life

1935 · Copper engraving on cream wove paper

Image: 25.4 × 20.2 cm (10 × 8 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 25.8 cm (12 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Piano Player

1935 · Wood engraving on off-white wove paper

Image: 15.1 × 20.1 cm (6 × 7 15/16 in.); Sheet: 22.3 × 28.7 cm (8 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Birth of John Henry

1935 · Wood engraving on cream wove paper

Image: 15.3 × 11.5 cm (6 1/16 × 4 9/16 in.); Sheet: 28.6 × 22.4 cm (11 5/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

John Henry Loading Cotton

1935 · Wood engraving on off-white wove paper

Image: 15.4 × 11.6 cm (6 1/8 × 4 5/8 in.); Sheet: 28.7 × 22.3 cm (11 5/16 × 8 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Yacht Race

1935 · Wood engraving on off-white wove paper

Image: 14.9 × 20.3 cm (5 7/8 × 8 in.); Sheet: 22.3 × 28.5 cm (8 13/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beal Street Blues

1935 · Wood engraving on off-white wove paper

Plate: 22.3 × 15 cm (8 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 22.3 × 29.1 cm (8 13/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

John Henry's Hand

1935 · Wood engraving on white wove paper

Image: 15.3 × 11.5 cm (6 1/16 × 4 9/16 in.); Sheet: 18.1 × 15.3 cm (7 3/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Guitar Player

1935 · Wood engraving on cream wove paper

Image: 12.4 × 15.3 cm (4 15/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 20.2 × 29.5 cm (8 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait

1935 · Wood engraving on off-white wove paper

Image: 15.4 × 9.3 cm (6 1/8 × 3 11/16 in.); Sheet: 28.6 × 22.3 cm (11 5/16 × 8 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sailing

1935 · Woodcut on off-white wove paper

Image: 21.6 × 24.3 cm (8 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 28.6 × 44.6 cm (11 5/16 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Arrival of Brass Section

1935 · Etching

plate: 11 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (29.8 x 16.5 cm) sheet: 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (37.5 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jam Session

1935 · Wood engraving

block: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm) sheet: 11 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (28.6 x 34.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Henry and the Witch Woman

1935 · Wood engraving

Block: 6 x 4 1/2 in. (15.2 x 11.4 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (28.6 x 19.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beale Street Blues

1935 · Wood engraving

Block: 7 3/4 x 6 in. (19.7 x 15.2 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (28.6 x 22.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Public Building

1935 · Wood engraving

block: 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm) sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Henry's Death

1935 · Wood engraving

Block: 6 x 4 in. (15.2 x 10.2 cm) Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (22.2 x 14.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Transportation

1935 · Wood engraving

block: 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (21 x 24.1 cm) sheet: 11 3/4 x 12 in. (29.8 x 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art