
Forest of Flame
Harry SternbergWW-1939-084251
1939·Lithograph on cream wove paper·Image: 31.5 × 42 cm (12 7/16 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 66.5 cm (19 15/16 × 26 3/16 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1939
- Dimensions
- Image: 31.5 × 42 cm (12 7/16 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 66.5 cm (19 15/16 × 26 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Harry Sternberg
Artist

Harry Sternberg
Printmaking
Harry Sternberg was an American printmaker and painter whose career spanned the twentieth century. Working primarily in lithography and etching, he developed a figurative language rooted in social realism, depicting urban scenes and working-class subjects with directness and formal clarity. Active from the 1930s through the postwar decades, Sternberg maintained a commitment to the printed image as a vehicle for accessible art and social commentary.
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- Harry Sternberg
- Year
- 1939
- Dimensions
- Image: 31.5 × 42 cm (12 7/16 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 66.5 cm (19 15/16 × 26 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1939-084251
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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