14th Street Meat Market, NY #1
Artist/Culture
Antonio Frasconi
(Uruguayan, active in the United States, 1919–2013)
Date1957
Mediumcolor woodcut on cream laid paper
Dimensionsimage: 87.2 × 58.7 cm (34 5/16 × 23 1/8 in.)
sheet: 91.6 × 61 cm (36 1/16 × 24 in.)
sheet: 91.6 × 61 cm (36 1/16 × 24 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number1988.71
DescriptionUpon his death last year, Art Journal named Antonio Frasconi the greatest woodcut printmaker of his generation. One of the few post-World War II printmakers who printed his own work without the aid of a master printer, Frasconi created this nearly life-size depiction of hanging meats using eight different color blocks.Influenced by political cartoons as a youth, Frasconi’s work is often directed at social issues related to civil rights, the Vietnam War, and victims of violence in Latin America. 14th Street Meat Market’s mass of flesh reflects a moment in Frasconi’s career when he focused on the labor class in New York, namely fishermen on the wharves and butchers in the meatpacking district.
Label TextUpon his death last year, Art Journal named Antonio Frasconi the greatest woodcut printmaker of his generation. One of the few post-World War II printmakers who printed his own work without the aid of a master printer, Frasconi created this nearly life-size depiction of hanging meats using eight different color blocks. Influenced by political cartoons as a youth, Frasconi’s work is often directed at social issues related to civil rights, the Vietnam War, and victims of violence in Latin America. 14th Street Meat Market’s mass of flesh reflects a moment in Frasconi’s career when he focused on the labor class in New York, namely fishermen on the wharves and butchers in the meatpacking district. ProvenanceAnonymous Gift
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