New Deal Ice Art (1/5): "Cutting Ice"

Above: "Cutting Ice," a wood engraving print by Lou Barlow (1908-2011), created while he was in the WPA, ca. 1935-1943. A brief obituary for Barlow appeared in the New York Times, noting that he was a "WPA, graphic artist and medical illustrator" and that  he "died at home on February 1 [2011], at 102 years." According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he was "formerly known as Louis Breslow." Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.