"Mine Shaft", Soviet Union: An Early 20th C. Woodcut Engraving by Abramovitz, 1935

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This is a signed woodcut engraving entitled "Mine Shaft" created by Albert Abramovitz in 1935, after a trip to the … more This is a signed woodcut engraving entitled "Mine Shaft" created by Albert Abramovitz in 1935, after a trip to the Soviet Union. It depicts two Russian workers constructing a mine shaft propped up by wood.
This is an excellent woodcut impression, printed on chain-linked hand-made deckle edge thin Japanese mulberry paper, with wide margins. It is pencil signed by the artist in the lower margin on the right. The sheet measures 13.38" in hight and 8.8" in width. There is a small faint focal area of discoloration at the edge of the upper margin in each corner related to previous hinge tape and some focal discoloration in the lower margin. The print is otherwise in excellent condition. less