Lower New York
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lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 25.72 × 34.93 cm (10 1/8 × 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 36.2 × 48.9 cm (14 1/4 × 19 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy
Accession Number
2015.115.23
Art Historical Context
Victoria Hutson Huntley’s *Lower New York* (1934) is a striking lithograph on wove paper that captures bustling energy of Manhattan’s southern tip during the Great Depression. Printed in an edition typical of the era’s fine art prints, it measures 25.72 × 34.93 cm (image) on a larger 36.2 × 48.9 cm sheet, now housed in the National Gallery Art as a gift from Bob Stana and Tom. Huntley, a pioneering American printmaker and one of the few women gaining prominence in the male-dominated field, depicted urban scenes with a keen eye for architectural drama and human scale. Lithography, Huntley’s fa...