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Artist: Max Arthur Cohn
"Harlem River" original silkscreen
By Max Arthur Cohn
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original silkscreen in eight colors. Printed in 1942 and published in New York by McGraw-Hill. Size: 6 x 9 inches (150 x 227 mm). Not signed.
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1940s Max Arthur Cohn

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"NYC Subway" American Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Realism Cityscape Transit
By Max Arthur Cohn
Located in New York, NY
"NYC Subway" American Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Realism Cityscape Transit. 26 x 28 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1940s. Signed lower left. Hand carved frame. Max Arthur Cohn (1903 – 1988) Born in London, England, Cohn became an artist primarily known for scenes of New York City, rural views, and abstract figural compositions. His style has ranged from realism in the 1920s to 1940s to abstraction from the 1950s to 1990s, with some reintroduction in the later years of realism and re-working of earlier subject matter. His primary studio...
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1940s American Modern Max Arthur Cohn

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Canvas, Oil

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