Artist: Armin Landeck (American, 1905–1984)
Date: 1937
Medium: Drypoint (with sandpaper ground) on wove paper
Dimensions: Sheet 308 × 382 mm; image (platemark) 207 × 283 mm
Edition: 100
Signatures/marks: Monogram “LA” in the plate at lower centre; pencilled “Ed. 100” at lower left margin; signed and dated “Landeck 1937” in pencil at lower right margin.
Catalogue raisonné: Kraeft & Kraeft (2nd ed.), K. 66, p. 97 — drypoint and sandpaper ground; dimensions 8⅛ × 11 in.; “A view from the window of George Miller’s studio at 6 East Fourteenth Street in New York City.”
Description: Close, frontal band of 14th-Street façades with darkened windows and fire escapes; behind them, a layered skyline of taller blocks and a cylindrical rooftop water tank. Quiet tonal gradations and dense cross-hatching emphasize structure and shadow; vantage aligns with George C. Miller’s (1894–1965), studio view.
Provenance: Sheldon Ross Gallery (Birmingham, MI); David Lebenbom, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1925–2015)
Additional Information
| Collection | European prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Print , Works on paper |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | USA |
| Material | Paper , Wove paper |
| Media/Technique | Drypoint , Sandpaper ground |
| Genre | Architectural views , Landscape Prints |
| Subject | 20th century , Architecture , Chimneys , City , Cityscape , Manhattan , Modern art , New York , New York City , Realism , Rooftops , Skyline , Urban landscape , Water tank , Window |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1937 |
| Catalogue raisonne | Kraeft & Kraeft |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |
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