HARRIS SCHRANK FINE PRINTS

Armin Landeck (1905-1884), Sunset Palace Lodge, 1938, drypoint, signed, dated and inscribed “ed 100″ in pencil, on a heavy cream wove paper, the full sheet with deckle edges, 6 x 7 7/8 (the sheet 11 x 13 1/2) inches, archival mounting. In pristine condition.
A fine impression, carefully printed with a light veil of plate tone over the buildings and land areas.
Landeck, an eminent American Precisionist, here creates a bleak picture of the late Depression years reminiscent of Hopper’s isolationism.  The sign in front of the Lodge says “Sunset Palace Lodge, Good Eats, Good Beds.”  Landeck [...]