The Old Print Shop

Slave Issue in San Francisco.

  • ARTIST: Anton Refregier

  • MEDIUM: Serigraph,

    DATE: 1947.

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition 50. Image size 10 1/2 x 10 7/8" (27.4 x 27.7 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Signed in plate upper right.<br><br> Anton Refregier (1905 – 1979) Russian born painter and muralist active in the WPA, or Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project commission.<br><br> Among his best-known works is his mural series The History of San Francisco, located in the Rincon Center in San Francisco. It depicts the city's history across twenty-seven panels that he painted from 1940 to 1948.<br><br> This image shows the battle over slavery in California, one of the panels in the mural cycle on the history of California.<br><br> A powerful image.<br><br>

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Inscribed "13/50."

  • CONDITION: Very good condition.

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