Manhattan Canyon
ARMIN LANDECK (1905-1984)
Manhattan Canyon
drypoint, on wove paper, 1934, signed, dated and numbered ‘Ed. 100’ in pencil, from the edition of 100, with margins
Image: 133⁄4 x 65⁄8 in. (349 x 168 mm.)
Sheet: 173⁄4 x 101⁄2 in. (451 x 267 mm.)
A fine impression in excellent condition.
Kraeft 46
Landeck’s comment: “Done when a new wave of skyscrapers was going up in downtown New York.” Somehow Landeck made this print looking downward from a dizzying height to the street below. This print is a detail (lower left corner) of Landeck’s lithograph North River Vista (Kraeft 40).