About the artist:

Born, 1920, Berlin, Germany Died, 2007, New York, NY Graduated Gymnasium, Berlin, 1936 Emigrated to Palestine, 1936-1947 Emigrated to New York City, 1947 Exhibitions 1949 Jewish Museum, NY (group show) 1954 Louisco Gallery (two person show) 1956 FAR Gallery, NY (solo show) 1959 City Center Gallery, NY (group show) 1961 Prints: 1961, Associated American Artists Gallery, NY (group show) 1961 Art Association, Provincetown, MA (group show) 1962 Art Association, Provincetown, MA (group show) 1962 Pratt Graphic Talent, Lever House, NY (group show) 1963 American Watercolors, Prints, and Drawings, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (group show) 1964 100 Contemporary Prints, Pratt Graphic Art Center, Jewish Museum (group show) 1965 Recent Drawings and Prints, AFI Gallery, 1067 Madison Ave., NY (solo show) 1966 Proute Gallery, Paris, France (group show) 1966 15th National Print Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum (group show) 1967 AAA Gallery, NY (group show) 1967 Life and Work of Nelly Sachs, Leo Baeck Institute, NY 1969 21st National Exhibition of Prints, Library of Congress, Washington, DC (group show with catalogue) 1970 Paul Kessler Gallery, Provincetown, MA (group show) 1972 Phoenix Gallery, NY (two person show) 1974 Art Association, Provincetown, MA (group show) 1981 Pratt Graphics Center Annual Competition and Exhibition (group show) 2004 Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, NY (group show) Public Collections Metropolitan Museum, NY National Library, Paris, France N.B.C. Headquarters, NY| Brooklyn Museum, NY National Museum, Jerusalem, Israel Yad Vashem Memorial, Jerusalem, Israel Kupferstich-Kabinett, Berlin, Germany Selected Private Collections Roslyn Abrahams and Bruce Pandolfini, Horst and Ruth Brand, Ina and Ira Cholst, Alan Filreis, Margot and Atarik Katz, Angelo Lomeo, Beatrice Kachuck, Robert Markus, Nick Piombino and Toni Simon, Rina Rotholz, Lore Rubin, Eve Rubinstein, Robert Speiser, Andre Unger, Gail and Sam Zimmerman Publications Artist’s Writings Art Voices, Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 1965, p. 79. “The Artists Say: Illustrated Statements by Artists.” Prentice-Hall Executive Report, Jan. 25, 1964. “The Graphic Arts: Their Significance for Business and Culture in the U.S. Special Editions Le Grosse Margot, Poem by Francois Villon. Portfolio of 8 color intaglios with calligraphic text Holocaust, Poem by Nelly Sachs. Nine black and white illustrations and calligraphy in a limited edition bound book Catalogue Sigmund Laufer: Prints and Drawings, Preface by Fritz Neugass, Pharos Press, NY, 1964. Reviews Art News, Vol. 63, No. 9, Jan. 1965. “Sigmund Laufer.” M.B. AufBau Magazine, Jan. 29, 1965. “Sigmund Laufer.” B.F. Dolbin. Frankfurter Allgemeine, Germany. Mar. 4, 1965. “Kunst in Amerika.” Fritz Neugass. La Revue Moderne, Paris, France. July 1, 1966. “Exposition Nationale du Brooklyn Museum: Sigmund Laufer.” New York Herald Tribune, Jan. 30, 1965. “Sigmund Laufer.” John Gruen. Suddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, Germany. April 5, 1965. “Kunst in USA.”