Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1962-1963.

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Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1962-1963.

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Baker, a Hart Crane scholar, wrote to Zigrosser about Crane's association with the Weyhe Gallery and asked if Crane knew the lithographs of Louis Lozowick. Baker was interested in the shared interest in portraying industrialized America shown in the poetry of Crane and the work of several visual artists of that time. Zigrosser writes back about his friendship with Crane.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Crane, Hart, 1899-1932

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At the time of his early death at thirty-two in 1932, Hart Crane was already recognized as a major American poet, though he had published only two volumes of poetry and a handful of poems in various magazines. Born in the small town of Garretsville, Ohio, on July 21, 1899, the only child of Clarence A. and Grace Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane experienced an unsettling childhood and adolescence that undoubtedly affected his adult personal life and poetical career. Though he was freed of economi...

Lozowick, Louis, 1892-1973

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Louis Lozowick (1892-1973) was a lithographer from New York, N.Y. Born in Kiev, Russia and came to the U.S. at the age of 14. He was primarily known for his lithographs of New York City. From the description of Louis Lozowick papers, 1898-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 669910238 Louis Lozowick (1892-1973) was a lithographer from New York, N.Y. Born in Kiev, Russia and came to the U.S. at the age of 14. He was primarily ...

Weyhe Gallery

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Carl Zigrosser was the manager of the art gallery section of Erhard Weyhe's New York City book shop from 1918 to 1940. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1916-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155899805 Weyhe Gallery, established in 1919, was one of the first galleries in New York to specialize in prints. Carl Zigrosser (1891-1975) directed Weyhe Gallery from 1919 until 1940 when he left to become Curator of Prints ...

Baker, John, 1931 December 21-

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