Manhattan Nocturne
1938
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View on museum website →Medium
drypoint in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 18.1 × 30.32 cm (7 1/8 × 11 15/16 in.) sheet: 26.67 × 39.05 cm (10 1/2 × 15 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection
Accession Number
2015.19.431
About the Artist
Armin Landeck
Armin Landeck (1905–1984) was a master American printmaker whose architectural precision and mastery of light and shadow captured the geometry of urban and rural America. Born on June 4, 1905, in Crandon, Wisconsin, he displayed an early fascination with art and architecture. Landeck studied at the University of Michigan before transferring to Columbia University, where he earned a bachelor's degr...