We are offering 9 separate woodcut images from a rare 1937 portfolio, "A GIFT TO BIRO-BIDGAN:1937 CHICAGO From Despair to New Hope." The portfolio comprised 14 woodblock prints in an edition of 200-though it has been speculated that fewer were actually produced. This portfolio is numbered 32 of 200.  Each image will be sold separately. Originally the prints were matted with a thin paper mat with author and title printed on it. We have removed the prints from the mats and inserted the mats into a sleeve on the back of the frames for protection.
First is Mitchell Siporin's (1910-1976) "WORKER'S FAMILY".  This image shows a depression era scene of a family in front of an industrial urban landscape. It is a social realist image that uses the medium of woodcut to creat a dazzling contrast between the illuminated human figures and the dark buildings behind them.
Frame size 16.25" by 17.75"
Sight size   8.5" by 10.25"
Excellent original condition with no foxing or damage. Newly framed.