A Model Workshop

A Model Workshop" explores the understudied impact of Margaret Lowengrund (19021957) a visionary leader, organiser and critic within the mid-twentieth century printmaking community and the vibrant New York print workshop/gallery she founded, "The Contemporaries"." The book expands histories of 1950s printmaking by showing Lowengrund and The Contemporaries to be a vital nexus in the mid-century print field. Bringing together several original texts with archival documents, the book maps the activities, networks and legacies of Lowengrund and The Contemporaries, placing them within a constellation of contexts including organised labour, feminisms and entrepreneurship, international exchange, and making the modern print.

Lauren Rosenblum promoviert am CUNY Graduate Center. In ihrer Doktorarbeit erforscht sie die amerikanische Druckgrafik des 20. Jahrhunderts im Licht u.a. von Feminismus, Gegenkultur und progressiven Beziehungen in der Arbeitswelt.