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East Side, Night
ca. 1935-193911 3/8 x 15 7/8 in. (28.9 x 40.3 cm)
Harold Faye
United States (La Grange, Illinois, 1910 - 1980, Tarrytown, New York)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Lithograph
Credit Line:
Gift of Helen S. Faye
Accession Number:
1986.11
Location: Not currently on view
During the many hours that Harold Faye spent exploring New York City and recording its dens and denizens, he created work that demonstrated ‘enthusiasm of place and period,’ in the words of one art historian. In East Side, Night, he emphasized the city’s hard metallic elements – the fire escape, the sturdy supports for the El, railings, cars, barrels – but tempered them with the softness of the lithographic crayon.
Off and on during the Depression, Harold Faye found employment with the Graphic Division of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. This government agency was set up as part of the New Deal to create jobs. Typically, artists submitted drawings to supervisors who would either approve them, in which case the artists would go ahead and print multiple copies, or the work would be disapproved and shelved or discarded. Nearly 4,000 artists were given work thanks to this program, including Jacob Lawrence, Mark Rothko, and Jackson Pollock.
[Label text, 2003]
Off and on during the Depression, Harold Faye found employment with the Graphic Division of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. This government agency was set up as part of the New Deal to create jobs. Typically, artists submitted drawings to supervisors who would either approve them, in which case the artists would go ahead and print multiple copies, or the work would be disapproved and shelved or discarded. Nearly 4,000 artists were given work thanks to this program, including Jacob Lawrence, Mark Rothko, and Jackson Pollock.
[Label text, 2003]
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- The Graphic art of Harold Faye Hudson River Museum of Westchester 7/26/1987 - 11/29/1987
- From Hassam to Hopper: Prints of New York City Memorial Art Gallery 2/3/1995 - 5/7/1995
- All Around the Town: Artists' New York Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester 8/1/2003 - 11/9/2003
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Gallery Acquires Six Works by WPA Artist Harold K. Faye. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Issue Date: May 1986.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. The Graphic Art of Harold Faye. Yonkers, NY: Hudson River Museum, 1987.
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