In s3e42, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl about their exhibition on view at Print Center New York through December, 23, 2023. A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries is the first exhibition to explore the legacy of Lowengrund (1902–1957), a visionary artist-advocate and entrepreneur.

In charting the institutional history of the hybrid print workshop-gallery she founded, The Contemporaries, and its later evolution into Pratt Graphic Art Center, A Model Workshop brings into focus the bustling printmaking scene of 1950s New York and reveals Lowengrund's impact on postwar printmaking.

A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries is curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. It is on view September 21–December 23, 2023, at Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street.

 

Maurice Berezov, Margaret Lowengrund at The Contemporaries, c. 1952–55. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum Archives. © Maurice Berezov Photograph Copyright A.E. Artworks, LLC. Image courtesy Woodstock Artists Association and Museum Archives, Woodstock, New York.

A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street.

The Contemporaries Graphic Art Centre, c. 1954. 959 Madison Ave, New York.

The Contemporaries Gallery of Sculpture and Graphic Art, 992 Madison Avenue at 77th Street, New York, 1955. Photo by Robert Delson.

The Contemporaries Graphic Art Centre, c. 1955–56. 1343–45 3rd Ave, New York.

The Pratt Graphic Art Center, c. 1959. 795 Broadway, New York.

Stuart Davis (American, 1892–1964). Detail Study for Cliché, 1957. Lithograph. 15 3/4 × 18 3/8 in. (40 × 46.7 cm.). Printed by Arnold Singer at The Contemporaries Graphic Art Centre. Judd Foundation, New York. © Estate of Stuart Davis

Arthur Deshaies (American, 1920–2011). Hornet’s Nest, 1956. Plexi engraving. Image: 303 x 403 mm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Dean Meeker (American, 1920–2002). Trojan Horse, 1952. Screenprint. Sheet: 20 × 26 in. (50.8 × 66 cm.); image: 18 1/8 × 25 ¾ in. (46 × 65.4 cm.). Whitney Museum oof American Art, New York.

Fritz Eichenberg's Talk on His Trip to the Soviet Union with United States Information Agency, Graphic Arts Exhibit, 1963. Pratt Institute Archives, Pratt Institute Library.

Pratt Graphic Art Center, November 1962. Pratt Institute Archives, Pratt Institute Library.

[Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario.

[Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario.

[Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario.

[Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario.

[Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario.

[Installation shot] A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries. Curated by Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl. September 21–December 23, 2023. Print Center New York, 535 West 24th Street. Photo: Argenis Apolinario.

Peter Lipman-Wulf (1905–1993). Man in the Moon, 1952. Lignum vitae. 24 ½ × 14 × 10 ½ in. Collection of Michael Henkel, East Hampton, NY.

 

USEFUL LINKS

A Model Workshop webpage. https://www.printcenternewyork.org/a-model-workshop

Christina’s book: The Women of Atelier 17. https://www.atelier17.christinaweyl.com/#content

Christina’s article: “Missing Archives: Worden Day and Women Modernists.” https://christinaweyl.com/projects/2019-09-aaaj/

Rockefeller Archive Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY. https://rockarch.org/

Christina’s IG: @christinaweyl

Lauren’s IG: @rosenbluuuum