Manhattan Nocturne

1938

Armin Landeck

Associated Names
Armin Landeck

Artist, American, 1905 - 1984

Ernest D. Roth

Printer, American, 1879 - 1964

Society of American Graphic Artists

Publisher

This is a drawing of a nighttime cityscape featuring a bank sign. The image depicts an urban scene at night, with a large sign reading "Manufacturers Trust Company Safe Deposit Vaults" on the side of a building. In the background, various silhouettes of buildings are visible, with some windows dimly illuminated. The sky is dark, with two beams of light pointing upwards. The foreground and background structures are rendered with intricate line work, creating a textured effect.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.1 × 30.32 cm (7 1/8 × 11 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.67 × 39.05 cm (10 1/2 × 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.431

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kraeft and Kraeft 1994, no. 70

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1938; 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, pp. 100, 169, no. 70

Inscriptions

center plate printed in black ink: MANUFACTURERS / TRUST / COMPANY / SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS; lower left plate printed in black ink: © A. LANDECK / 1938; lower center plate printed in black ink: LA; lower right in graphite: Landeck

Wikidata ID

Q77012319

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