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Edward Laning
Edward Laning, Sketch for Sheraton East Hotel Mid-Century Mural of Ancient Myths

1958

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This mural depicting ancient myths was designed for the Hotel Ambassador, a skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue, NYC; the building was converted to the Sheraton East in 1958. It was demolished in 1966. It could only be mid-century American! Signed, titled, and annotated, 'Scale 2" = 1' in ink. Edward Laning is largely known as a mural artist. His series The History of the Printed Word is installed at the New York Public Library at 42nd Street, New York City, and Building of the Transcontinental Railroad Mural, is in the Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah. Laning was briefly a student of Kenneth Hayes Miller at the Art Students League, New York. They were lifelong colleagues and had studios on Union Square near friends Isabel Bishop, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Reginald Marsh, and Raphael Soyer. As a group they were the Fourteenth Street School. An exhibition of work by Edward Laning was shown at the Susan Teller Gallery, 2001. Our Laning drawing of Joe Jones was shown in The Restless Regionalist: The Art of JOE JONES at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri, June 9 through September 10, 2017. The NYPL Printed Word series is NOT to be missed.
  • Creator:
    Edward Laning (1906 - 1981, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1958
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 41 in (104.14 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)
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  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
    The image is in good shape. There is buckling, as well as minor losses and old tape in the margins, (visible in one of the shots). There are small flaws on the reverse. The entire sheet is 46 x 17 inches.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1410215941352

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