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Mandala with Blanket Pattern
Six spokes radiate from a solar disc in the center of this circular design, organizing concentric rings of color based upon traditional Mexican blankets. At the outer edge we see a knotted fringe. Altamirano worked in Western New York as a migrant…
Snug Harbor
It’s possible that somewhere there is a Sung Harbor represented by this painting, but it’s more likely a typographical misreading of Snug Harbor—just across the water from New York on Staten Island. Sailor’s Snug Harbor was created in 1833 via a…
AI Generative Art: Local Democracy
Librarians at American University describe its AI Generative Art Project as follows: "Every day, members of the AU community borrow books from the library. Each of those books comes with subject headings—short phrases that describe the main topics…
Sickbed
We witness a body in pain through a narrowly focused, irregular aperature. The setting, it's implied, is some kind of institutional hospital or sanatorium: a thin mattress upon a spartan bedframe; garments stripped of pattern or individuality.…
Balcony
Anchel’s lithograph depicts a large balcony appearing to be located in a theater. Figures stand above and below it, all in groups except for one. Most of the figures hold happy or neutral expressions, whereas the lone figure is almost brooding. He…
Seamstress
About the Artist
Anchel Harold Rosenberg was born in 1912 on the lower east side of Manhattan, New York City. He was artistic from a young age, creating many pieces for his mother as a teenager before attending the National Academy of Design,…
Light's Mill, Avon NY
Real-photo postcard shows a mill site alongside Conesus Creek where Emme Light rebuilt after a fire had destroyed an earlier one named "Glen Avon." He retained that name, and became well known for his trademarked varieties of flour: Peerless, Sweet…