New York Landscape
1936
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
block: 7 3/4 x 5 in. (19.7 x 12.7 cm) sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 in. (28.6 x 22.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the Work Projects Administration, New York, 1943
Accession Number
43.33.89
Tags
Art Historical Context
**New York Landscape** is a captivating wood engraving by Fred Becker created in 1936 the auspices of the Work Administration (WPA). print vividly captures the bustling energy of New York City streets, featuring towering buildings, cars, and men navigating the urban sprawl. Measuring just 7 3/4 x 5 inches on the block, its intimate scale belies the dynamic composition, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints as a gift from the WPA in 1943. Wood engraving, Becker's chosen medium, involves incising fine lines into the end grain of wood blocks, allowing for intricate deta...