1976 Selma Bluestein Croton on Hudson Cemetery Etching

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Selma Cohen Bluestein (1914-1985) "Bethel Chapel" mixed media etching with embossing, aquatint and collagraph. Pencil signed, titled and numbered from … more Selma Cohen Bluestein (1914-1985) "Bethel Chapel" mixed media etching with embossing, aquatint and collagraph. Pencil signed, titled and numbered from an edition of 5. Bethel Chapel (spelled Beth-El by Bluestein) is a 1790 meeting house in the Hudson River Valley.

Selma and her husband Abe were active in the anarchist movement in the U.S. in the 20th century. Abe worked as a reporter for the Freie Arveiter Stimme, a Yiddish anarchist publication in New York, and Selma was an artist and worked with the WPA. They married as grandparents to secure their right to Social Security.

She died in Croton-on-Hudson in 1985. less