Description: Fannie Mennen (1903-1995) Original Woodblock Print, ‘Garlic, on handmade paper. Signed. In excellent condition. PLEASE disregard the shadow of my phone while taking the photo. Fannie Rebekah Mennen was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1903. She arrived in Chattanooga, TN, at eight months old when her father was asked to lead the oldest synagogue in the city. When she was a year old she contracted polio and suffered multiple surgeries in her youth leaving her disabled. Mennen attended George Peabody College for an education and music degree in 1929. In 1945 she completed studies at Columbia University to receive a Master's degree in art teaching. She studied art in night school and summer sessions at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the University of Cincinnati. She was awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship in 1953 to travel to Haiti. She taught art in public schools in Chattanooga for thirty years, then retired in 1961 to pursue her own craft.
Price: 265 USD
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
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Artist: Fannie Mennen
Type: Print
Year of Production: post-1940s
Theme: Garlic
Material: Paper
Features: Hand Signed
Framing: Framed
Production Technique: Woodcut Printing
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Region of Origin: Southeastern US
Subject: Original Hand Signed Print
