Nan Lurie

Nan Lurie (1910–1985) was an American printmaker and engraver known for 1930s works about racism and about the daily life of African Americans.[1][2][3]

She studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Art Students League. She married Kenneth Fearing on June 18, 1945.[4]

She was a member of the Federal Art Project in New York City from 1935 to 1942.[5]

Her work is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[6]

Works
  • Despair lithograph, n.d. [7]
  • Old Tales lithograph, n.d. [8]
  • Sand Yard lithograph, n.d. [9]
  • Sandyard lithograph, n.d. [10]
  • Speaker lithograph, n.d. [11]
  • Subway Bootblack lithograph, 1935-1943[12]
  • Subway Scene lithograph, n.d. [13]
  • Sunday Afternoon lithograph, n.d.[14]
  • Women's House of Detention print, 1936-1939
  • Technological Improvements, print, 1936-1939[15]
  • Next, lithograph, 1936-1939[16]

References
  1. Langa, Helen (2004). Radical art: printmaking and the left in 1930s New York. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN 0520231554.
  2. "Lurie, Nan (American engraver, born 1910)". ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  3. Nan Lurie, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Ryley, Robert M. "Kenneth Fearing's Life". Modern American Poetry. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  5. "Nan O. Lurie Biography". Annex Galleries Fine Prints; 19th, 20th & 21st Century Fine Prints. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  6. "Nan Lurie | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  7. "Despair | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  8. "Old Tales | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  9. "Sand Yard | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  10. "Sandyard | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  11. "Speaker | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  12. "Subway Bootblack | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  13. "Subway Scene | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  14. "Sunday Afternoon | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  15. Langa, pp. 100-102
  16. "Next | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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