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Harry Sternberg

Harry Sternberg

Artist

PrintmakingSurrealismRealismSocial Realism

Representation

None documented

8

Institutional Exhibitions

13

Works in Collection

19

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

Movements

• Surrealism
• Realism
• Social Realism

Related Artists

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1947–1948

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Pictures for Children

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941–1942

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Twenty Lithographs: Graphic Art Processes

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

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American Color Prints under $10

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

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PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

About

Why this artist matters now

Harry Sternberg was an American printmaker and painter whose career spanned the twentieth century. Working primarily in lithography and etching, he developed a figurative language rooted in social realism, depicting urban scenes and working-class subjects with directness and formal clarity. Active from the 1930s through the postwar decades, Sternberg maintained a commitment to the printed image as a vehicle for accessible art and social commentary.

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (13)

Philip Evergood

1944 · Screenprint

14 13/16 × 20 3/8 in. (37.7 × 51.8 cm) Image: 12 7/8 × 17 1/8 in. (32.7 × 43.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1941 · Serigraph, printed in color

Sheet 21 1/2 x 16 1/2" (54.7 x 42.0 cm) Comp. 18 x 14 13/16" (45.8 x 37.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Forest of Flame

Forest of Flame

1939 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 31.5 × 42 cm (12 7/16 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 66.5 cm (19 15/16 × 26 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Smoke-Stacks

1937 · Screenprint in colors on paper

31.1 × 41.3 cm (12 1/4 × 16 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Blast Furnace #1

1937 · etching and aquatint

Sheet: 37.9 x 30.4 cm (14 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.); Platemark: 30.2 x 21.3 cm (11 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

1935 · Etching and aquatint in black on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 30.1 × 22.5 cm (11 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40.2 × 30.3 cm (15 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Riveter

1935 · Color screenprint on tan laid paper

Image: 27.8 × 29 cm (11 × 11 7/16 in.); Sheet: 42.6 × 31.3 cm (16 13/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Elevated Platform

1930 · Etching

Plate 6 15/16 x 9 7/8" (17.6 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Images

Smoke-Stacks (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Martin Schongauer

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Ernest J. Bellocq

Ernest J. Bellocq

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Christopher Williams

Christopher Williams

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Also printmaking

Also printmaking

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Also printmaking

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Movements and affiliations

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US