Sidney Hurwitz, Rowe Quarry, 1995, Hand-colored aquatint etching, edition 20, size 22 x 30 in.
The Rowe family established the quarry in the 1880s, and the quarry has been a major part of the Boston-area construction world since 1907. Rowe Quarry stone products are everywhere in the Bay State, including the Prudential Center, the Christian Science Mother Church, and several Massport projects. Until recently, Fenway Park used quarry stone dust in the infield. Today the former quarry site has been developed for commercial and residential use.
ABOUT / Sidney Hurwitz was born in Worcester, MA, in 1932. He studied at the School of Worcester Art Museum, received his B.A. from Brandeis, and his M.A. from Boston University. He continued his studies under a Fulbright Fellowship at Stuttgart Academy of Art and Skowhegan School. He later taught at Wellesley, Brandeis, and Amherst College and is presently Professor Emeritus at Boston University. He has won many prestigious awards, including a Fulbright Fellowship, a Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, a National Institute of Arts and Letters Prize, and a fellowship from the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. He is a member of the National Academy of Design and has participated in solo and juried exhibits both here and abroad. His work is in many public and private collections, including The Museum of Modern Art, MFA Boston, The Library of Congress Print Collection, The Boston Public Library, The Victoria and Albert Museum, and The Krakow National Museum.
