The Print Center Edition: Sarah McEneaney

The Print Center was founded as a club, much like its sister organizations The Philadelphia Sketch Club and The Plastic Club. In addition to offering exhibitions, the organization served a social function and was well-known for its afternoon teas, served on silver service, which followed the Philadelphia Orchestra Friday matinee performances.  These afternoons included students…

The Print Center participated in many activities in support of the war effort and our troops. This included a drive to collect copper etching and engraving plates to be melted down. An article from that time noted that the “donations represent a real patriotic gesture on the part of many artists, who are turning in…

25 x 25 was a series of printed portfolios published by The Print Center between 1989 and 1998. Any artist could submit a printed edition of 50 prints (each 25 x 25 centimeters) which were then collated by the participating artists. In the end, over three hundred locally and nationally known artists contributed to this…

Lessing J. Rosenwald (1891 – 1979), the celebrated collector, had a life-long passion for prints and drawings from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century. Over time, he gave over 20,000 prints and drawings to the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Rosenwald, whose home, Alverthorpe Manor, is now the Abington Arts Center,…