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South Chicago

A work made of color linocut on cream japanese paper.

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  • A work made of color linocut on cream japanese paper.

Date:

1941

Artist:

Leonard Havens
American, 1914-1973

About this artwork

Leonard Havens attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was a private student of Todros Geller before eventually earning degrees from Northeastern University, in Boston. He often found inspiration in Chicago’s urban landscape, and he completed this print of the South Side’s billowing, iconic smokestacks just before he was called to serve in the Second World War.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Leonard Havens

Title

South Chicago

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1941

Medium

Color linocut on cream Japanese paper

Dimensions

Image: 22.1 × 29.8 cm (8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 28.2 × 42.2 cm (11 1/8 × 16 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Raye Isenberg

Reference Number

2011.636

Extended information about this artwork

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