Fred Becker

Becker, Frederick Gerhard

American, 1913 - 2004

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Fred Becker, Theodore Russell Weiss, Anderson-Lamb, Morris Gallery, To Yeats in Rapallo from 21 Etchings and Poems, published 1960, engraving and etching from a portfolio of 10 etchings; six etching and aquatints; two engraving and etchings; two etching and drypoints; and one etching, aquatint, and drypoint on Rives paper, Prospero Foundation Fund, 1997.6.1.2

To Yeats in Rapallo from 21 Etchings and Poems

Fred Becker, Theodore Russell Weiss, Anderson-Lamb, Morris Gallery · published 1960 · engraving and etching from a portfolio of 10 etchings; six etching and aquatints; two engraving and etchings; two etching and drypoints; and one etching, aquatint, and drypoint on Rives paper ·  Accession ID  1997.6.1.2

Fred Becker, Pulled Forms, 1949, color engraving and aquatint on wove paper, Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy, 2017.148.4

Pulled Forms

Fred Becker · 1949 · color engraving and aquatint on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2017.148.4

Printed with velvety black lines on cream-white paper, a person sits astride a rearing horse in this vertical etching. The horse and rider face our right in profile, and both are densely shaded with curving lines and hatching. The horse’s lips pull back to show a long row of teeth. Its huge eyes look up and its ears are flattened as it rears on its hind legs. Its curly tail cascades down behind its muscular hindquarters. The rider hunches forward so details of the clothing and face are hard to make out, but a profusion of curly hair flares out from under what is probably a helmet. The rider holds a long lance in the left hand, on the far side of the horse, but crosses his body to pierce a serpent-like dragon, which writhes between the horse’s front legs. Human bones, a skull, and a horse’s jawbone lie on the ground beyond some spiky plants. Steep cliffs are lightly etched in the background, and a person, as tall as the cliff face, is bound against the rock. She has long curly hair and a halo. Dark rays emanate down at her from a dark cloud above. The print is signed in the lower margin under the right corner, “Salvador Dalí 1647.”
Salvador Dalí, Fred Becker, Saint George and the Dragon, 1947, etching in black on wove paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1948.11.57

Saint George and the Dragon

Salvador Dalí, Fred Becker · 1947 · etching in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1948.11.57

Fred Becker, Federal Art Project (New York City), Arrival of Brass Section, c. 1938, etching in black on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.820

Arrival of Brass Section

Fred Becker, Federal Art Project (New York City) · c. 1938 · etching in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2008.115.820

Fred Becker, Federal Art Project (New York City), Clambake, 1937, wood engraving, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.815

Clambake

Fred Becker, Federal Art Project (New York City) · 1937 · wood engraving ·  Accession ID  2008.115.815

Fred Becker, Guitar Player, c. 1937, etching, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.817

Guitar Player

Fred Becker · c. 1937 · etching ·  Accession ID  2008.115.817

Fred Becker, John Henry's Hand, 1936, wood engraving, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.818

John Henry's Hand

Fred Becker · 1936 · wood engraving ·  Accession ID  2008.115.818

Fred Becker, Jam Session, 1936, wood engraving, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.813

Jam Session

Fred Becker · 1936 · wood engraving ·  Accession ID  2008.115.813

Fred Becker, Untitled, 1936, etching in black on wove paper, Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy, 2017.148.3

Untitled

Fred Becker · 1936 · etching in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2017.148.3

Fred Becker, Federal Art Project (New York City), Transportation, c. 1939, linocut, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.816

Transportation

Fred Becker, Federal Art Project (New York City) · c. 1939 · linocut ·  Accession ID  2008.115.816