New York

1927

Abraham Walkowitz

Associated Names
Abraham Walkowitz

Artist, American, 1880 - 1965

The image depicts angular and jagged lines converging towards the center to create a dense and chaotic abstract structure. The forms resemble exaggerated elongated geometric shapes. Swirling lines below the forms suggest motion, resembling waves or rolling hills. The composition combines cityscape elements with natural elements, with vertical forms rising from a textured base.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Pace Editions, Inc., NY); Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 1986; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Beall, Karen F., and David W. Kiehl. Graphic Excusrions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900-1950, Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: D. R. Godine, 1991, p. 20.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: A. Walkowitz; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: "New York of the Future" / 14/11/27- 10.00 1E1

Watermarks

unidentified

Wikidata ID

Q76443027

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