Manhattan Evening
c. 1932
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aquatint
Dimensions
image: 308 x 238 mm sheet: 370 x 280 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.2581
Art Historical Context
**Manhattan Evening** Earl Horter, created around 1932, captures theifying pulse of New York City's skyline at dusk. This aquatint print showcases Horter's fascination with the towering steel-and-glass monuments of modern America, rendered in sharp contrasts of light and shadow that evoke the era's architectural ambition. As an American artist active in the early 20th century, Horter was part of the Precisionist movement, which celebrated industrial forms with crisp, geometric precision, transforming urban landscapes into symbols of progress. The aquatint medium— an intaglio technique using r...