Pratt Graphic Art Center Explained

The Pratt Graphic Art Center also called the Pratt Graphics Center was a print workshop and gallery in New York. The Center grew out of Margaret Lowengrund's Contemporaries Graphic Art Centre.^[1] In 1956 Fritz Eichenberg became the Center's director, serving until 1972 .^[2] (Sources disagree on whether Lowengrund or Eichenberg should be considered the founder of the Pratt Graphic Art Center, with most claiming Eichenberg was the founder.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}) The Center was associated with the Pratt Institute, providing a space specifically for printmaking. It was used by both students and established artists including Jim Dine, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, and Claes Oldenburg.^[6] Painter and printmaker Martin Barooshian served as Supervisor for the Center's Graphics Workshop for Professionals from 1960-1970, hired by Eichenberg at the behest of Stanley Hayter.^[7] The Workshop was a primary vehicle for the participation of established artists in the Center. The Center also published a journal, the Artist's Proof edited by Eichenberg and Andrew Stasik, and had an exhibition space.^[8] The Pratt Graphic Art Center closed in 1986.^{[9] [10]}

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC has collected prints published by the Pratt Graphic Art Center.^[11] Artists represented in this collection include

Further reading

• A Wee Plug for a Worth Cause; All About the Pratt Graphic Art Center And an Art Sale by John Canaday, New York Times, January 5, 1964, Section X, Page 19
• Artist's Proof: A Collectors' Edition of the First Eight Issues of the Distinguished Journal of Prints and Printmaking edited by Fritz Eichenberg, 1971, Pratt/NYGS,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Contemporaries gallery records, 1951-1957 . New York Public Library Archives . 24 February 2020.
2. Web site: City Lights (1934) Fritz Eichenberg . Pratt Institute . 22 February 2020.
3. Web site: Fritz Eichenberg . Terra Foundation for American Art . 25 February 2020.
4. Web site: WPA Art Collection . Illinois State Museum . 25 February 2020.
5. Web site: Fraser . C. Gerald . Fritz Eichenberg, A Book Illustrator And Educator, 89 . The New York Times . 25 February 2020 . 4 December 1990.
6. Web site: Barnett Newman. Untitled. 1961 MoMA . The Museum of Modern Art . 22 February 2020 . en.
7. Book: Russo, Michael J. . Martin Barooshian: a catalogue raisonné of the prints: 1948-1970 . Barooshian . Martin . Faxon . Susan C. . 2019 . SPAAH, Society for the Preservation of American Artistic Heritage . 978-0-9991899-9-3 . First . Stoneham, Massachusetts . 32-33 . English . on1111627422.
8. Book: Wye . Deborah . Figura . Starr . Artists & Prints: Masterworks from the Museum of Modern Art . 2004 . The Museum of Modern Art . 978-0-87070-125-2 . 23 . en.
9. Web site: Pratt Institute Launches New Printmaking Program . City Guide . 22 February 2020.
10. Web site: Mission and History . Manhattan Graphics Center . 22 February 2020 . en.
11. Web site: Pratt Graphic Art Center . National Gallery of Art . 24 February 2020.