Louis Schanker Prints

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	Louis Schanker Prints
Woodcut A relief print taken from a block of wood, often pine, where the areas which are to remain uninked are cut away from the image using a sharp knife or gouge. The natural grain of the wood is often enhanced by rubbing stiffly with a wire brush.		From Louis Schanker's example the great development of the color woodcut in America chiefly stems. About Prints, Stanley William Hayter, artist, author, 1964
Hyman Warsager, 1965 Smithsonian Interview, comments on Schanker and color prints.
	* BM numbers refer to Louis Schanker-Prints 1924-1971 Brooklyn Museum, 1974


Tugboats 1924, linocut, 6.5 X 4.5in, BM01	Bathers 1925, linocut, 6.5 X 4.5in, BM04		Speak Easy II 1924, etching, 8 X 16in, BM02


	Cyclone, Coney Island c1933, lithograph


Three Men on a Bench c1939, 9.2 X 12.5in, BM35	Seated Figure c1939, woodcut, 16.5 X 11in, BM33		Cops and Pickets c1939, woodcut, 9.25 X 11.75in, BM26

	With the rise of photography, U.S. printmaking came perilously close to dying out or becoming an academic backwater. What started the revival was the discovery of exciting new technical possibilities in the craft. Using up to 16 blocks to print from, artist Louis Schanker showed the rich color harmonies that could be achieved in what was traditionally a black-and-white medium. Art: The Printmakers, Time Magazine 5/21/56

	Polo 1937, linocut, 17.5 X 22.5in, BM12


Family 1937, woodcut, 3.5 X 3in, BM11	Four Figures c1938, woodcut, 5.5 X 4.5in		Cafe c1938, lithograph, 9.5 X 5in


Three Figures, No 1 1941, 12 X 16in, BM54 (Smithsonian collection)			St. George and the Dragon 1941, woodcut, 9 X 12in, BM52 (Smithsonian collection)


Composition with Figures 1942, woodcut, 8 X 14in, BM56	Abstraction in Grey, Pink and Black 1942, woodcut, 5.5 X 4.5in, BM55		Birds in Flight 1944, woodcut, 14 X 30, BM61

	Line Form Color Wittenborn and Company, 1944


Birds and Animals in Landscape c1945, woodcut, 11.25 X 18.5in


Carnival 1948, woodcut, 14.5 X 21in, BM94 (Smithsonian collection)			Circle Image No. 4, 1954-55, relief print, 14 X 18in, BM119


Lyrical Abstraction 1971, plexiglass relief, 16 X 24in, BM148	Abstraction No. 8 1971, plexiglass relief, 26 X 18in, BM138		Football No. II 1971, plexiglas relief, 16 X 24, BM143




Abstraction c1975, relief print, 36 X 24in	Abstraction c1975, relief print, 36 X 24in		Abstraction 17 c1975, relief print, 36 X 24in

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