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Armin Landeck Art

American, 1905-1984

Printmaker Armin Landeck was born in Crandon, Wisconsin, and spent his childhood in Oshkosh and in Toledo, Ohio. Before enrolling at Columbia University, he studied for two years at the University of Michigan. In New York he took summer classes at the Art Students League and visited the city's museums and galleries. By the time of his graduation from Columbia in 1927, he had become interested in printmaking and had bought a used press. In 1928 and 1929 he traveled and worked in Europe, seeing the work of the old masters and also modern art, sketching and making etchings wherever he could find an opportunity to use a press. He was greatly interested in the cubist art he saw in Paris, and the angular facets of his early compositions reflect that fascination. Returning to the United States in 1929, he settled on a farm in East Cornwall, Connecticut, but spent a great deal of time in New York City, moving back there in 1935 to teach printmaking. Throughout the 1930s he worked in etching, aquatint, drypoint, and lithography. Study with Stanley William Hayter at the New School for Social Research in New York in the early 1940s led to Landeck's extensive use of the engraving medium, but he continued to work in other etching media as well. In 1953 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship that permitted him to work in Paris and to travel again through Europe. He retired from teaching in 1958 and moved back to his Connecticut farm, where he died in 1984. Landeck focused on the city in much of his work. As a student at Columbia University, Landeck earned a degree in architecture, and this training is reflected in his careful rendering of buildings and their details. In Pop's Tavern, Landeck captured both the look and the mood of an American city in the 1930s. The lighted interiors in Pop's Tavern seem to draw people in from the dark, empty streets.

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Manhattan Nocturne
By Armin Landeck
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
A superb, richly-inked, early impression, in warm black ink, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with wide margins (1 1/2 to 1 3/4 inches). Signed in pencil and dedicated by the art...
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1930s American Realist Armin Landeck Art

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Drypoint

Armin Landeck Original Etching, 1950 - “Stairhall”
By Armin Landeck
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Drypoint and engraving by Wisconsin born printmaker Armin Landeck (1905-1984). Titled “Stairhall.” Pencil signed lower right. Full margins. The image measures 11 7/8"h x 14 1/2"w and...
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1950s Armin Landeck Art

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Colosseum (First State)
By Armin Landeck
Located in Middletown, NY
Copper plate engraving on cream wove paper, 18 1/4 x 13 3/8 (462 x 338 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition of 20. First state (of 2). Minor uniform toning, and ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Armin Landeck Art

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Handmade Paper, Engraving

12th Street Walls — 1940s New York City
By Armin Landeck
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
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 ...
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1940s American Realist Armin Landeck Art

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Drypoint

Studio Interior No. 1 — 1930s Masterwork
By Armin Landeck
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Armin Landeck, 'Studio Interior No. 1', 1935, drypoint, edition 100, Kraeft 56. Signed in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream laid pap...
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1930s American Realist Armin Landeck Art

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Drypoint

Armin Landeck, Paris Metro
By Armin Landeck
Located in New York, NY
The reference number on this work is Kraeft 114 i/ii. As this is an impression of the first state it was printed in an edition of 30. There was a second state, made in 1971, for whi...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Armin Landeck Art

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Engraving

Armin Landeck, Tenement Walls
By Armin Landeck
Located in New York, NY
The reference number on this work is Kraeft 88. It's from an edition of 100 and is signed, dated, and numbered, in pencil. Always an intaglio printmaker, Landeck switched from a mor...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Armin Landeck Art

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Drypoint

Manufacturer's Trust; Manhattan Nocturne, reworked
By Armin Landeck
Located in Middletown, NY
An evening view of lower Manhattan rooftops, looking north towards Times Square and kleig lights in the distance. New York: 1974. Etching on white wove paper, 7 1/8 x 11 15/16 inche...
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1930s American Modern Armin Landeck Art

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Archival Paper, Etching

West Cornwall Station.
By Armin Landeck
Located in New York, NY
Armin Landeck created this 1936 drypoint was printed in an edition of 100. The image size is 6 7/8 x 10 7/8" and the paper size 12 1/2 x 16". It is Signed and dated in the...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Armin Landeck Art

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Drypoint

Shaker Stove.
By Armin Landeck
Located in New York, NY
Armin Landeck created this drypoint in 1938 in an edition of 100. The image size is 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" and paper size 14 x 12". This piece is signed and dated in pencil in ...
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1930s American Realist Armin Landeck Art

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Drypoint

Studio Interior #2.
By Armin Landeck
Located in New York, NY
Armin Landeck made this drypoint in 1936 in an edition of 100. Signed in pencil just under the image in the lower right and inscribed "Ed 100" in the lower left. This pri...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Armin Landeck Art

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Drypoint

Engraver's Tools
By Armin Landeck
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Engraver's Tools Engraving, 1974 Signed and annotated in pencil by the artist (see photos) This a "Trial Proof" impression with graphite additions Regular Edition: 100 References And...
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1970s American Modern Armin Landeck Art

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Engraving

YORK AVENUE TENEMENTS
By Armin Landeck
Located in Portland, ME
Landeck, Armin (American 1905-1984). YORK AVENUE TENEMENTS. Kraeft 74. Etching, 1938. Ed. 100, signed and dated in pencil. 10 1/2 x 9 inches, framed to 17 ...
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1930s Armin Landeck Art

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Etching

Weehawken Ferry.
By Armin Landeck
Located in New York, NY
This drypoint from 1942 was printed in a very small edition. Signed under the image in pencil at the lower right. Armin Landeck (1905-1984) was born in Crandon, Wisconsin, June 4...
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1940s American Modern Armin Landeck Art

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Drypoint

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