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North Avenue Market

Stoneware coin with golden edges and engraved denomination "20" flanked by two leaves and topped with a German word "sachsen".

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  • Stoneware coin with golden edges and engraved denomination "20" flanked by two leaves and topped with a German word "sachsen".

Date:

1932

Artist:

Aaron Bohrod
American, 1907-1992

About this artwork

Born in Chicago in 1907, Aaron Bohrod became a nationally known artist during his own lifetime. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1927 to 1929, and later traveled to New York to attend the Art Student’s League. He was profoundly influenced by the artist John Sloan (1871–1951), who taught him the importance of the urban American landscape. This drawing of a crowded city street corner and market exemplifies Bohrod’s mature style and demonstrates his relationship to Sloan and the Ashcan school, with its emphasis on American daily life.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Aaron Bohrod

Title

North Avenue Market

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1932

Medium

Gouache, with touches of brush and black ink and watercolor, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

30.9 × 42.9 cm (12 3/16 × 16 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Paepcke

Reference Number

1946.366

Extended information about this artwork

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