Chicago River
<p>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.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1935
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Morris Topchevsky
Artist
Printmaking
Morris Topchevsky (American, born Poland, 1899-1947)
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Art Class
1941 · Color etching and aquatint, with touches of graphite, on ivory wove paper
Mexican Town
1937 · Etching and drypoint, with plate tone, in black on cream wove paper
Lunch Hour
1935 · Etching on cream wove paper
Chicago River
1935 · Etching on off-white wove paper
Line Men
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Night Scene
1935 · Etching on cream paper
Record
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- Morris Topchevsky
- Year
- 1935
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1935-086876
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified