Mexican Vendors
Fritz Eichenberg|WPA
1935–43
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
block: 7 3/4 x 10 in. (19.7 x 25.4 cm) sheet: 11 1/4x 13 1/4 in. (28.6 x 33.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the Work Projects Administration, New York, 1943
Accession Number
43.33.80
Tags
FoodHousesFruitBoysTreesPoliceMenWomenDogsFish
About the Artist
Fritz Eichenberg|WPA
Fritz Eichenberg (1901–1990), born in Cologne, Germany, to a Jewish family, endured the harrowing bombings of World War I as a child, experiences that ignited his lifelong commitment to anti-war themes and social satire. After apprenticing as a printer and studying at the Municipal School of Applied Arts in Cologne, he honed his craft at the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig under the mentorship ...