Turzak, Charles. Grant Park, 1930. linoleum cut, Platemark: 30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 in.); Sheet: 41.2 x 32.1 cm (16 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.). Gift of Robert and Ann Friedman, 1993.248. Copyrighted.

Grant Park

1930

Charles Turzak

Charles Turzak (American, 1899–1986)

Prints

Grant Park, 1930. Charles Turzak (American, 1899–1986). Linoleum cut; platemark: 30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 in.); sheet: 41.2 x 32.1 cm (16 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert and Ann Friedman 1993.248 As the Depression set in after the stock market crash of 1929, the city parks, streets, and benches once occupied by lovers were now overrun by the downtrodden, unemployed, and dispossessed. Charles Turzak’s stark design depicts homeless men asleep in Chicago’s Grant Park. The newspapers that serve as their only shield from the elements bring more bad news.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Turzak, Charles
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: linoleum cut
Medium: linoleum, cut
Dimensions: Platemark: 30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 in.); Sheet: 41.2 x 32.1 cm (16 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1993.248
Credit Line: Gift of Robert and Ann Friedman
Exhibitions: Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection, Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940
Rights Statement: Copyrighted