Subway Work at Night. Moscow.

Albert Abramovitz. 1879-1963. Subway Work at Night. Moscow. 1935. Wood engraving. 10 1/4 x 11 3/4. (sheet 13 1/4 x 14 5/8). A rich impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper with wide margins and deckle edges on top and bottom. Signed in pencil. 

Abramovitz was one of the most ardent social realists during the Great Depression, doing almost 20 works for the Federal Arts Project from 1935-1939. In the early 1930s, he documented the Moscow Subway construction until completion, then returned to the United States, living in East Meadow, until his death in 1963.