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Catalogue
- Year
- 1936
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 17.6 × 25 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 40.8 cm (11 5/8 × 16 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Raphael Soyer
Artist
Printmaking
Raphael Soyer was an American painter known for his figurative work depicting urban life and social realism in the early and mid-twentieth century. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he portrayed working-class subjects, street scenes, and interior domestic moments with a restrained palette and careful attention to light and psychological presence. His practice engaged with the social concerns of Depression-era America without overt political rhetoric.
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Sketchbook
1986 · Graphite on paper
Sketchbook
1976 · Graphite on paper
Adolescents, from Conspiracy, The Artist as Witness
1971 · Color lithograph from zinc plates on ivory wove paper
Dancing Lesson, from Memories
1969 · Color lithograph on ivory Japanese paper
Title Page from Memories
1969 · Letterpress on white wove paper
Woman with Plant, from Memories
1969 · Lithograph on ivory Japanese paper
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- Raphael Soyer
- Year
- 1936
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 17.6 × 25 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 40.8 cm (11 5/8 × 16 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1936-087080
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified