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Morris Topchevsky1935/42
- Attribution
- Morris Topchevsky (American, born Poland, 1899-1947) published by the Works Progress Administration
- Medium
- Color soft ground etching, with open bite and drypoint, inked à la poupée, from two plates on off-white wove paper
- Physical dimensions
- Image/plate: 18 × 28 cm (7 1/8 × 11 1/16 in.); Sheet: 29.5 × 36.9 cm (11 5/8 × 14 9/16 in.)
- Credit line
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Works Progress Administration Allocation
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After receiving artistic training at Hull House, Morris Topchevsky enrolled in night classes taught by Albert Krehbiel at SAIC. Topchevsky was a workers rights’ advocate, and in 1932 he became one of the founding members of the Chicago chapter of the John Reed Club, a Marxist group that supported artists and intellectuals. While many of Topchevsky’s works depict the hardships of the Great Depression or toiling laborers, this color etching displays a view of the Chicago River.
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