Armin Landeck. New Mosque from the Galata Bridge, Istanbul / Drypoint, 1929.

Artist: Armin Landeck (American, 1905–1984)
Date: 1929
Medium: Drypoint on India paper
Dimensions: Sheet 146 × 198 mm; image 118 × 170 mm
Edition: I–1 (25)
Signatures/marks: Pencil inscription “I–1” below image at lower left; artist’s pencil signature at lower right; verso, lower left in pencil: “E10375/am–”.
Description: Frontal, symmetrical approach across the Ponte Sant’Angelo toward the cylindrical mass of Castel Sant’Angelo; paired monumental statues on high plinths flank the near entrance; walking figures toward the bridge.

Catalogue raisonné: Kraeft & Kraeft (2nd ed.), K. 21, p. 58 — listed as “Galata Bridge, Istanbul,” 4⅜ × 6¾ in.; the artist reportedly called it “the best of my prints done in Istanbul.” Present impression 118 × 170 mm (to platemark); K&K height likely a misprint for 4⅝ in. (≈117.5 mm).