The Fulton Fish Market
1953
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woodcut in black on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 51 x 33.4 cm (20 1/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1954.12.53.j
Art Historical Context
**The Fulton Fish Market** (1953) by Antonio Frasconi captures the energy of New York City's iconic waterfront market, a hub of commerce and labor since the early 19th century.asconi, a Uruguayan-born artist who immigrated to the U.S. in 1945, drew inspiration from everyday urban life, often highlighting workers and immigrant communities. This woodcut reflects post-World War II America's bustling industrial scenes, evoking the sensory chaos of fishmongers, crates, and crowds at the market's peak under the Brooklyn Bridge. Printed in bold black ink on wove paper (51 x 33.4 cm), the work showca...
About the Artist
Antonio Frasconi · 1919–2013
Antonio Frasconi (1919–2013) was a Uruguayan-American artist renowned for his masterful woodcuts, which blended bold graphic power with poignant social commentary. Born on April 28, 1919, aboard a ship between Argentina and Uruguay to Italian immigrant parents, he was raised in poverty in Montevideo, Uruguay, where his mother worked as a seamstress and restaurant manager to support him and his two...