One Way Street

1950

Armin Landeck

Associated Names
Armin Landeck

Artist, American, 1905 - 1984

The image shows an urban street scene with buildings on both sides of a narrow road. A "ONE WAY" sign is placed near the sidewalk. The illustration uses an etching technique with detailed linework defining textures of the buildings, fence, and sidewalk. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black, white, and gray to create depth and shadow. A figure in a long coat is walking along the pavement.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.51 × 35.4 cm (10 7/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.58 × 22.07 cm (15 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3235

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kraeft and Kraeft 1994, no. 106

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Kraeft, June Kysilko, and Norman Kraeft. Armin Landeck: The Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1994, p. 129, no. 106.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Landeck

Wikidata ID

Q77010097

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