SNOW OR NO SNOW, this evening’s opening reception and gallery talk (and wine and cheese…) at the Brooklyn Historical Society is going ahead as planned.
The images in Brooklyn in Prints, which is curated by Manhattan’s Old Print Shop and runs through March 14, are being billed as “rare and unusual.”
Viewing them is like opening a little window on previously unseen Brooklyn — mostly around the Heights, as the event is a 100th anniversary celebration for the Brooklyn Heights Association.
I love the stoop sitters on State Street, bottom, where we lived in the late ’70s. The artwork dates from 1949, but it feels so familiar.
And it always amazes me to realize anew that Borough Hall is as old as it is (1804) and that the Brooklyn Bridge was a marvel when it was new.
All the prints are for sale in the BHS shop. Go here to see more.
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Friday, Feb. 26, 6:30 – 8:30PM
Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street
718 /222-4111
Admission $15, BHA and BHS members $10
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February 26, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Astor C.
Beautiful prints, the last two especially. The B&W charcoal reminds me of old children’s books like Mike Mulligan and His Steamshovel, The Little House and Millions of Cats…
February 26, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Priscilla
I will go see this. I have a few prints by Beulah Stevenson http://casacara.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/41198.jpg?w=388&h=550 (Entrance to Brooklyn Bridge). She painted up in Woodstock and taught at the Art Students League here in New York. I found three prints at a used furniture store here in Freeport a few years back and I’ve never seen any others in person. Thanks for the info.
February 26, 2010 at 7:36 pm
cara
Lucky you, Priscilla. The Beulah Stevenson print — the same one Astor C. referred to — is worth $1,200, according to the Old Print Shop. I love it too.
March 1, 2010 at 11:49 am
Nancy
Can’t believe that I, a Brooklynite, didn’t know about this show! Will definitely go this week. Thanks for the preview, Cara. As always you’re in the know about something wonderful!