"Carousel" by Minna Citron, Amer., (1896-1992) Linocut 1/4 of 3rd

1/4 of  3rd

8-1/4 x 12-1/4

The isolation and loneliness the artist felt far from home while serving his country is revealed in a small group of works on paper he made showing soldiers at their leisure noticing the local young women in their vicinity

strongly patterned street scenes of adobe buildings and inhabitants in native dress

hand drawing collars tight against the cold

"Carousel" by Minna Citron, Amer., (1896-1992) Linocut 1/4 of 3rdLithograph, 1932, Ed. of 20, 8 1 5 x 13 1 2, signed and dated in pencil, remnants of brown paper tape hinges to top corners recto, on warm white wove paper, in fine condition. A lively, urban realist image from Citron's early close association with the 14th St. Group of artists which included Reginald Marsh, Raphael Soyer, Edward Laning and Isabel Bishop.