Elevated Station
- Date
- 1936
- Material
- Wood engraving
- made in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.6 x 25.4 cm)
sheet: 11 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (28.6 x 44.5 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 281:1943
NOTES
Delicate lines transform an elevated train station into intricate patterns. Fred Becker carved this wood engraving while sitting in a diner in New York’s Greenwich Village. He recalled that during the bitterly cold winter of 1936, he made prints in “cafeterias, libraries, and any place that was warm,” since his apartment lacked reliable heat. Becker later reflected that the Federal Art Project’s Graphic Arts Division “provided me not only with sustenance but an education.” This experience informed his establishment of the print department at Washington University in St. Louis, where he taught from 1948 to 1968.
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