Armin Landeck
12th Street Walls — 1940s New York City
1944

About the Item

Armin Landeck, '12th Street Walls', etching, edition 100, first state, 1944, Kraeft 93. Signed in pencil. Initialed in the plate lower left. A superb, early impression, with all the fine lines printing clearly, on cream laid paper; the full sheet with margins (1 1/2 inches). Original Tape remains in the top left and right sheet corners, verso — in excellent condition. Printed by the artist. “A scene off Union Square, ‘xat’ is a Greek word for ‘hot’. Graffiti of that time.” –Armin Landeck First Purchase Prize, Library of Congress, 1944. Collections: Library of Congress; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Weatherspoon Art Museum (University of North Carolina), Whitney Museum of American Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Wisconsin, Armin Landeck (1903-1984) was educated in New York at Columbia University School of Architecture. He made his first etching in 1927 and from that time on dedicated himself to printmaking. A trip to Europe in 1928-29 broadened his knowledge of graphic art techniques, and after his return to New York City, he joined with Martin Lewis and George Miller to found the School for Printmakers at Miller’s Fourteenth Street Studio. The subjects of Landeck’s work and his precise draftsmanship are informed by his architectural training but unlike other precisionist work of the period, his scenes of New York City are imbued with a soft, painterly quality and a luminous sense of space and light. During his acclaimed career, Landeck was awarded fifteen honors for printmaking including awards from National Academy of Design (1969), Guggenheim Fellowship (1962), Society of American Graphic Artists, and Boston Printmakers (1984). Landeck’s prints are held in numerous public and museum collections including the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Georgetown University Library, High Museum of Art, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Indiana University Art Museum, Joslyn Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Yale University Art Gallery.

Creator:
Armin Landeck (1905-1984, American)
Creation Year:
1944
Dimensions:
Height: 8.13 in (20.66 cm)Width: 11.63 in (29.55 cm)
Medium:
Drypoint
Movement & Style:
American Realist
Period:
1940-1949
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Myrtle Beach, SC
Reference Number:
Seller: 1006881stDibs: LU53239248522
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