Houston Street Burlesque - 1928, Lithograph.

Robinson and Pirog 37. Edition 50. Signed and dated in pencil.

Image size 9 13/16 x 8 inches (249 x 203 mm); sheet size 15 9/16 x 11 1/2 inches (395 x 292 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with full margins (1 5/8 to 2 15/16 inches), on cream wove paper, in excellent condition.

Exhibited: Weyhe Gallery, 1928; Downtown Gallery, 'American Print Makers Second Annual Exhibition', 1928; Print Club of Philadelphia, 'Modern Lithographs', 1929; Mexico City, 1929; American Institute of Graphic Arts, 'Fifty Prints of the Year', 1930 (traveling exhibition); June 1 Gallery, 'The American Women Printmaker', 1985; Loyola Marymount University, 'The Spirit of the City: American Urban Paintings, Prints and Drawings', 1986; Sylvan Cole Gallery, 'Mabel Dwight Lithographs', 1986; American Federation of Arts, New York, 'In the Eye of the Storm; An Art of Conscience, 1930-1970.

Illustrated: The New York Times, Dec. 2, 1928; New York World, Dec. 9, 1928; The Arts, March, 1930; Jewell 1930; AIGA 1932; Cary 1930; Salpeter 1937; In the Eye of the Storm: An Art of Conscience, 1930-1970, Francis K. Pohl, Chameleon Books Inc., New York, NY, 1995.

Collections: NYPL, PMA, Yale.

Minsky’s National Winter Garden was a well known burlesque theater on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Dwight made quick sketches at Minsky’s, hiding her work from view with a large handbag. She also illustrated an article, “The Last Days of Burlesque” for Vanity Fair (August 1929) with scenes from the burlesque theater.

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