"Approaching Storm, Manhattan"

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(1937)

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"Approaching Storm, Manhattan," (1937), drypoint, 9 1/8" x 8 3/8," signed and titled by the artist in pencil, edition of 100 [Kraeft 65]

New York City is Armin Landeck's most familiar subject.  An American Realist, his career spanned more than half of the 20th century bringing a unique aesthetic life to the architecture of New York City. For this reason, if no other, his prints are some of the most memorable of all that exist in our times.

This drypoint is rarely seen and is in very fine condition.  With this Armin Landeck work, the juxtaposition of sunlight on the buildings and the gathering storm creates intense dramatic tension as patterns of shadows are cast upon the New York cityscape. Light from under the clouds on the right creates strong light and dark contrasts in the foreground with a softer light playing on the buildings in the middleground.  Landeck was able to achieve this dramatic effect by using extremely fine needles drawing delicately while creating layers to produce the dark contrasting shadows.

After Landeck's death, his daughter, Olga, had all of his plates canceled.  There are no posthumous printings of any Landeck print. This work is presented in a 12 carat hand-leafed white gold over black Bole and highly burnished frame which will never tarnish. The matching wood fillet is finished with highly polished inner lips.  Both the outer and inner Greige colored mats are acid and lignin free museum quality with CYRO AR OP-3 UV.  The exterior frame dimensions are 20 1/16" x 22 1/4"..... $1900.00