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from Auction House Records.
"EDISON POWER PLANT, EAST 14TH STREET"
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  The following is from information provided by Jane Cohn Waldbaum, daughter of the artist:
Born in London, England, Max 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 was in New York, where he had became a US citizen, having emigrated to America when he was age two.
From 1925 to 1927, he studied at the Art Students League in New York with John Sloan, and in 1927, he attended the Academy Colarossi in Paris. Spending most of his career in New York City, he was a Life Member of the Art Students League. He has written books on silk screen techniques.
He died March 25, 1998 in New York City
Periodicals:
Journal of the Print World vol. 11 no. 4, Fall 1988. Max Arthur Cohn: Pioneer of the Screenprint, by Peter Hastings Falk.
Memberships:
Art Students League, Life Member
National Serigraph Society, Founding Member
Delaware Valley Artists Association, Founding Member
New York WPA Artists Association, Executive Board Member
Solo Exhibitions:
N.Y. Civic Club, 1929;
New School for Social Research, 1932
ACA Gallery, 1934
Delphic Studios, 1936
Couturier Galleries, Stamford CT, 1963
Lucinda Galleries, NJ, 1968
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art History Gallery, 1989
Selected Group Exhibitions:
New School for Social Research, 1937, 1957
Watercolor Biennial, Brooklyn Museum, 1939
Prints for Children, MOMA 1936 (honorable mention)
Art Students League 1936, 1975
National Serigraph Society 1941, 1942, 1945
N.Y. WPA Artists Association shows 1977, 1980 1981, 1984
D. Wigmore Gallery, New York, 1988
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, 1992
“The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock,” The British Museum, 2008 and in catalogue of the same name by Stephen Coppel (2008) pp. 27-28, Fig. 8; 178-179.
Max Arthur Cohn Paintings and Prints in Museums, Galleries and Collections:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.:
Oil 45-1935 Donkey Yard, Mexico 24 x 30
Oil 331-1938 Bethlehem Steel Works 24 x 32
Oil 1934 Coal Tower (exhibited Corcoran Gallery, Museum of Modern Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum 2009)
Water Color 1934 Harlem River 12¼ x 18¼
Water Color 1938 Easton R.R. Yards 14¾ x 21 5/16
Gouache 1939 Railway Bridge 15 1/16 x 2 15/16
Serigraph 1937 Harlem River
Serigraph 1938 Night Scene
Museum of the City of New York:
Oil 596-1975 Cityscape 20 x 24
Water Color 1963 City Landscape 13 x 18
Water Color 1952 Winter Scene 16th St and 8th Ave. 15? x 20½
Water Color 1930 East River with Williamsburg Bridge 14¾ x 19¾
Water Color 1936 The Ferry 14 x 19½
Lithograph 1938 Lunch Hour Williamsburg Bridge
Lithograph 1938 Jackson Square Library
Lithograph 1938 Coal Tower West Side at 40th St.
Museum of Modern Art, New York:
Serigraph 1940 Mexican Boy
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York:
Serigraph 1934 Gathering Wheat
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York:
Watercolor 1939-3 The Battleship, same image as New York Harbor/Repairing the Battleship
Gouache and Graphite 1937 Gathering Wheat, same image as screenprint Gathering Wheat
Gouache 1935 Wheatfield Harvest, notes for screenprint
Serigraph 1934 Gathering Wheat
Serigraph 1935 Wheatfield Harvest, trial proof
Serigraph 1935 Wheatfield Harvest
Serigraph 1935 Two Nudes (Demonstration Print)
Serigraph 1938 Delaware at Easton
Serigraph 1940 Mexican Boy (small)
Serigraph 1943 New York Harbor (large)
Serigraph 1943 Repairing the Battleship (NY Harbor small)
Serigraph 1945 Wellfleet (The Bay)
Serigraph 1945 Fishermen
Serigraph 1945 On the Beach
Serigraph 1945 Seated Man
Serigraph 1947 Woman Dressing
Lithograph 1938 Jackson Square Library
New York Public Library:
Serigraph 1943 New York Harbor
Serigraph 1945 Fishermen
Goldman Sachs Collection:
Oil 325-1933 Herald Square 24 x 32
Newark Public Library:
(24 Serigraphs)
1934 Gathering Wheat
1935 Wheatfield Harvest
1937 Harlem River (large)
1937 Harlem River (large
1937 Harlem River (small)
1937?Harlem River (Book Plate)
1938 Delaware at Easton
1938 Boat Pier, (large)
1938 Boat Pier (small)
1940 Mexican Boy (large)
1940 Mexican Boy (small
1940 Wheatfield
1943 New York Harbor (small)
1944 Farm Buildings
1945 Seated Man
1945 Evening Rest
1945 Wellfleet (The Bay)
1946 Mother and Child
1947 Woman Dressing
1948 Hyannisport
1948 Still Life
1950 Pensive Woman
1950 Quartette
13 hand screened greeting cards from 1930s-1960s
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:
3 Serigraphs:
1943 Rainy Day
1937 Harlem River
1940 Mexican Boy
Boston Public Library:
5 Serigraphs:
1937 Harlem River
1938 Night Scene
1942 Road to Easton
1945 Fishermen
1943 Rainy Day
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University:
5 Serigraphs:
1938 Delaware at Easton
1943 New York Harbor (small)
1945 Abstract Guitar
1947 Woman Dressing
1948 Hyannisport
Watercolor 1936 Overhead Tracks
Gouache 1945 Abstract Guitar
Pencil Drawing 1936 Unemployed
Philadelphia Museum of Art:
Serigraph 1938 Boat Pier
Albany Institute of History and Art
Serigraph 1938 Delaware at Easton
Howard University:
Serigraph 1945 Fishermen
Lehigh University:
Serigraph 1937 Harlem River
Milwaukee Art Museum:
13 Serigraphs:
1934 Gathering Wheat
1935 Wheatfield Harvest
1937 Harlem River (lg)
1937 Harlem River (sm)
1938 Boat Pier (sm)
1938 Boat Pier (sm), 7 process proofs
1938 Delaware at Easton
1939 Low Tide Gloucester
1940 Mexican Boy (sm)
1944 Farm Buildings
1945 Seated Man
1945 Abstract Guitar
1946 Mother and Child
3 Lithographs:
1937 Brooklyn Bridge
1938 Coal Tower
1938 Lunch Hour
Water Color 1935-7 Taxco Market Place
Water Color 1936-10 East River Scene
Water Color 1961-4 Provincetown
Lithocrayon 1939-L1 14th Street at Broadway
Pen and Ink 1929-PI2 Union Square
Gouache 1938-G2 Riegelsville (board)
Gouache 1945-G2 Musicians (screen print on back)
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison:
1 Serigraph:
1937 Harlem River, Large
2 Watercolors:
1939-4 Hudson River Piers
1939-6 Broadway at 14th Street
1 Oil on Paper: OP4-1938 Demonstration
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Art History Gallery:
17 Serigraphs:
1934 Gathering Wheat
1935 Wheat Field Harvest
1937 Harlem River
1938 Boat Pier
1938 Delaware at Easton
1938 Night Scene
1939 Low Tide Gloucester
1940 Mexican Boy
1940 Wheat Field (Stacks)
1942 Road to Easton
1943 New York Harbor
1944 Farm Buildings
1945 Wellfleet (The Bay)
1945 Brooklyn Bridge
1947 Woman Dressing
1948 Hyannisport
1950 Quartette
Water Color 1935 Power Station
Water Color 1992 Gloucester
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Crossman Art Gallery:
11 Serigraphs:
1934 Gathering Wheat
1937 Harlem River (large)
1938 Boat Pier (small)
1940 Mexican Boy (large)
1943 New York Harbor (small)
1945 Seated Man
1945 Evening Rest
1946 Mother and Child
1947 Woman Dressing
1948 Hyannisport
1950 Pensive Woman
Art Institute of Chicago:
11 Serigraphs:
1934 Gathering Wheat
1935 Wheatfield Harvest
1937 Harlem River (large)
1937 Harlem River (large, copy 2)
1937 Harlem River (book plate)
1938 Boat Pier (large)
1939 Low Tide Gloucester
1940 Mexican Boy (large)
1942 Road to Easton
1943 New York Harbor (Repairing the Battleship) (small)
1943 New York Harbor (large)
Pen-and-Ink 1928 New Jersey Dry Dock
William Nelson Rockhill Museum, Kansas City:
Serigraph 1948 Hyannisport
Serigraph 1940 Wheat Field
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas:
5 Serigraphs:
1934 Gathering Wheat
1935 Wheatfield Harvest
1938 Delaware at Easton
1943 New York Harbor
1944 Farm Buildings
Denver Museum:
Serigraph 1945 Brooklyn Bridge
Dallas Museum:
Serigraph 1938 Night Scene
British Museum, London:
16 Serigraphs:
1934 Gathering Wheat
1935 Wheatfield Harvest
1937 Harlem River (lg)
1938 Boat Pier (sm)
1940 Wheat Field
1942 Road to Easton
1943 New York Harbor (sm)
1943 New York Harbor (Lg)
1943 Rainy Day
1944 Farm Buildings,
1944 Farm Buildings trial print
1945 Abstract Guitar
1945 Brooklyn Bridge
1945 Seated Man
1945 On the Beach
1945 On the Beach, trial print
1950 Quartette
Water Color: 1939-7 Wheatfield 14¾ x 20¾ (same subject as serigraph 1940 Wheat Field)
Lithograph: 1937 Brooklyn Bridge
Lithograph: 1938 Coal Tower
Sydney Australia Museum:
Serigraph 1944 Farm Buildings
Tel Aviv Museum, Israel:
Serigraph 1948 Wellfleet (The Bay)
Paintings Acquired by Government PWAP and WPA:
(All Oils; present whereabouts unknown except as noted)
PWAP 1934 Coal Tower 24 x 30: Smithsonian American Art Museum; transferred from Dept. of Labor
PWAP 1934 Bleeker St. 24 x 30
WPA 1936 Gowanis Canal 24 x 30
WPA 1936 Interboro Power Plant 24 x 30
WPA 1936 Coenties Slip 24 x 30
WPA 1936 Patzcuaro 24 x 30
WPA 1936 Landscape Gardening 24 x 30 (Homer Folks Hospital?)
WPA 1936 Stuyvesant Park 24 x 30
WPA 1936 Noank Water Front 20 x 24
WPA 1936 Docks Lower New York 24 x 30
WPA 1937 Court Scene 24 x 30
WPA 1937 Brooklyn Bridge 24 x 30 (in Washington?)
WPA 1937 Weehawken 24 x 30
WPA 1937 Landscape New Jersey 20 x 24 (in Washington?)
WPA 1937 New Jersey Landscape 20 x 24 (in Washington?)
WPA 1937 Landscape with Horse 24 x 30
WPA 1937 Baling Hay 24 x 30 (Washington?)
WPA 1938 Still Life 24 x 30
WPA 1938 Gravel Hill 24 x 30
WPA 1938 Repairing Telephone Line 20 x 24
WPA 1938 Farm in Valley 24 x 36
WPA 1938 Autumn Landscape 24 x 30
WPA 1939 Hay Field 30 x 36
WPA 1939 Dredges East River 24 x 36
WPA 1939 Harlem River (Water Color)
Publications:
Co-author with J. I. Biegeleisen: Silk Screen Stencilling as a Fine Art, New York, McGraw Hill, 1942, corrected and reprinted as Silk Screen Techniques, New York, Dover Press, 1956.
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The following is from Who Was Who in American Art by Peter Falk
Born in England of Russian parents, Max Cohn emigrated to New York in 1905, and has become known "as a pioneer in screenprints" (686). Many of his subjects were of people and places that were uniquely American and included New York scenes of the Harlem River and the Brooklyn Bridge as well as genre works.
In 1924, at the Art Students League, he made what has been called the first screenprint, and during the 1950s he operated a small business called Graphic Arts Studio. Andy Warhol was one of his first customers to whom he showed the screenprinting process.
Cohn was also an easel painter and a WPA artist during the Depression. | |
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