Pratt Graphic Art Center

The Pratt Graphic Art Center also called the Pratt Graphics Center was a print workshop and gallery in New York. The Center grew out of Margaret Lowengrund's Contemporaries Graphic Art Centre.[1] In 1956 Fritz Eichenberg became the Center's director, serving until 1972 .[2] (Sources disagree on whether Lowengrund or Eichenberg should be considered the founder of the Pratt Graphic Art Center, with most claiming Eichenberg was the founder.[1][2][3][4][5]) The Center was associated with the Pratt Institute, providing a space specifically for printmaking. It was used by both students and established artists including Jim Dine, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, and Claes Oldenburg.[6][7] The Center also published a journal, the Artist's Proof edited by Eichenberg and Andrew Stasik, and had an exhibition space.[7] The Pratt Graphic Art Center closed in 1986.[8][9]

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC has collected prints published by the Pratt Graphic Art Center.[10] Artists represented in this collection include

References
  1. "Contemporaries gallery records, 1951-1957". New York Public Library Archives. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. "City Lights (1934) Fritz Eichenberg". Pratt Institute. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  3. "Fritz Eichenberg". Terra Foundation for American Art. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. "WPA Art Collection". Illinois State Museum. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. Fraser, C. Gerald (4 December 1990). "Fritz Eichenberg, A Book Illustrator And Educator, 89". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  6. "Barnett Newman. Untitled. 1961 MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  7. Wye, Deborah; Figura, Starr (2004). Artists & Prints: Masterworks from the Museum of Modern Art. The Museum of Modern Art. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-87070-125-2.
  8. "Pratt Institute Launches New Printmaking Program". City Guide. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  9. "Mission and History". Manhattan Graphics Center. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

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