1979 Selma Bluestein Croton Dam in Mirror Etching

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Selma Cohen Bluestein (1914-1985) "Croton Dam in a Mirror" mixed media etching with embossing, aquatint and collagraph. Pencil signed, titled … more Selma Cohen Bluestein (1914-1985) "Croton Dam in a Mirror" mixed media etching with embossing, aquatint and collagraph. Pencil signed, titled and numbered 6 of 7. Croton dam is on the Croton River and forms the New Croton Reservoir which is part of the NYC water supply.

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