Niagara Falls

 

Albert Abramovitz

  1879 - 1963 (biography)

1938  

woodengraving 

8 x 10 1/8" image 

pencil, lower right 

under 25 

titled in pencil, lower center; stamp verso: Federal Art Project NYC WPA 

Spencer Museum of Art, 0000.0311 

Basingwerk Parchment ivory wove 

published 

NYC WPA 

MIST110 

SOLD

Abramovitz captured through the lens of his eye this humorous scene of well-dressed tourists with box cameras, binoculars, and a pet dog overlooking the top of Niagara Falls. They seemed prepared for a picnic or the races not the dangerous force of nature that is roaring behind them.