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The Folly of the Popes

The Folly of the Popes

Artist: Fritz Eichenberg (American, 1901-1990)
Date: 1972
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 11 15/16 in. (45.7 x 30.3 cm)
Medium: Wood Engraving
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of The Ward M. Canaday Center, The University of Toledo
Object number: 1983.28
Label Text:The artist, Fritz Eichenberg, is best known for works concerning religion, social injustice, and nonviolence. He immigrated to the United States from Berlin in 1933. Although non-religious, his Jewish heritage and his criticism of the Nazis made life untenable in his native country. In this country he attained a strong reputation as an educator and author and book illustrator. His masterful wood engravings were used to illustrate books by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Poe, among others.
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