- Armin Landeck
- Approaching Storm Manhattan, 1937
- Drypoint
- 9 x 8.125 in
- Framed: 20.5 x 18 x 1.5 in
- Signature: Signed in pencil 'Landeck 1937' in the lower right-hand corner. Edition in pencil 'Ed 100' in the lower left-hand corner.
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Not For Sale
Kraeft 65, illustrated p. 53.
In Approaching Storm, Manhattan, the view of the city is from a rooftop where the curved top of the ladder stands in contrast to the hard-edged buildings and their angular shadows.
Armin Landeck, printmaker and educator, was born in Crandon, Wisconsin on June 4, 1905. He studied at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and received his Bachelors of Architecture from Columbia University in 1927. Landeck studied printmaking at Columbia University and produced his first prints in 1927. Manhattan's urban landscape provided Landeck with a rich source of imagery for his prints.
- Subject Matter: Cityscape