Fritz Eichenberg (1901 - 1990)

The Steps, 1934

Wood engraving on wove paper

From the edition of 200

Signed in pencil, lower margin

Image dimensions: 6.25 x 4.75 inches

Sheet dimensions:  11.75 x 9 inches

Printed by Ernest David Roth

Published by Associated American Artists, New York

Presented in a hand-finished spline joined mahogany wood cap profile frame with an ebonized stain.  Deep bevel conservation rag matting, protected with museum anti-reflective uv-filtering glass.

In The Wood And The Graver, Eichenberg recounts that this engraving, one of four iconic studies (also including "The Aquarium", "City Lights", and "The Steps") of New York life that arose from his first impressions as a newly-arrived immigrant, was inspired by friends who urged him to create such images while the freshness of the American experience still remained strong.