biography of Asa CHEFFETZ (1897-1965)

Birth place: Buffalo, NY

Death place: Springfield, MA

Addresses: Springfield, MA

Profession: Engraver, block printer, etcher, illus

Studied: BMFA Sch.; NAD; Philip Hale; Ivan Olinsky; William Auerbach-Levy

Exhibited: Royal Acad., London, 1929; Victoria & Albert Mus., London, 1929; PAFA, 1928-45 (gold, 1928, prizes 1939-40); AFA, 1929-31; Cal. Pr. M., 1929-1938; AIC (print exh), 1929, 1930 (prize), 1932 (prize), 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939; Cleveland Pr. Cl., 1931; Phila. Pr. Cl., 1931-32, 1934 (prize, Exh. Am. Block P."), 1935--46 ; "Bookplate Exh.", Los A. Mus, 1932-34 (prize, 1934); Century of Progress Expo, Chicago, 1934 (prize, Intl. Exh. Prints); NAD, 1934-39, 1941; "Second Intl. Exh. Wood Engraving," Warsaw, Poland, 1936 (Diploma of Honor); WFNY, 1939; BM, 1939; Princeton Univ., 1941; MMA, 1942; AIGA, 1944; CI, 1944-45; LOC, 1943-1946 (purchase prize, 1943-45); Nat. Exh. Prints, N.Y., 1946 (purchase prize); also, South America, Denmark, Sweden, etc. "

Member: NA; Phila. WCC; Audubon A.; F., Intl. Inst. A. & Lets.; Nat. Com. of Engraving; PM of Calif.; Am. Ar. Cong.

Work: LOC.; CMA; PAFA; BMA; NYPL; MMA; AIC; CI; LACMA; NMAA; State of Israel Coll.; Wesleyan Univ.; Univ. Pennsylvania; Am. Antiquarian Soc., Worcester, Mass.; Springfield (Mass.) MFA; BMFA; Boston Pub. Lib.; Springfield (Mass.) Pub. Lib.; Princeton Univ.; Newark Mus.; Honolulu Acad. A.; Washington County Mus., Hagerstown, Md.; Polish Govt.

Comments: Illustrator: An Almanac for Moderns." Des., official bookplate LOC. Work appeared in "Fifty Prints of the Year," 1929, 1934; "Contemp. Am. Prints" "Fine Prints of the Year, 1935."

Sources: WW59; WW47; add'l info. courtesy Anthony R. White, Burlingame, Ca."