Sketch Class

Raphael Soyer|New York City WPA

1937 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Soyer and his friends convened at one another’s homes to sketch from hired models. Rather than concentrating his composition on the model in this work, Soyer chose to feature other artists sketching across the room. The print was made for and printed by the Federal Art Project, a Depression-era program established to support the visual arts as part of the Works Progress Administration.

Artist: Raphael Soyer|New York City WPA
Date: 1937
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of the Work Projects Administration, New York, 1943

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