Scènes urbaines du début XX ème – L’été de l’art #2

American artists of the early 20th century sought to interpret the beauty, power, and anxiety of the modern age in diverse ways. Through depictions of bustling city crowds and breathtaking metropolitan vistas, 25 black-and-white prints in this exhibition explore the spectacle of urban modernity. Prints by recognized artists such as Louis Lozowick and Reginald Marsh, as well as lesser-known artists including Mabel Dwight, Gerald Geerlings, Victoria Hutson Huntley, Martin Lewis, and Stow Wengenroth, are included in this exhibition.

The exhibition is curated by Charles Ritchie, associate curator, department of American and modern prints and drawings, National Gallery of Art.

John Taylor Arms, West Forty-Second Street, Night, (New York), 1922,

 

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  Mabel Dwight, The Clinch, 1928, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008

   

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  Martin Lewis, Quarter of Nine – Saturday’s Children, (New York), 1929, drypoint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Addie Burr Clark, 1946

   

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  Louis Lozowick, Allen Street, (New York), 1929, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002

   

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  Martin Lewis, Building a Babylon, Tudor City, N.Y.C., 1929, etching and drypoint, Naitonal Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy, 2016

   

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  Thomas Nason, Louisburg Square, (Boston), 1930, wood engraving, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008

   

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  Clare Leighton, Breadline, New York, 1931,

  

  Reginald Marsh, Tattoo – Shave – Haircut, (New York), 1932, etching and engraving, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn), 2015

  

  Gerald Geerlings, Civic Insomnia (New York), 1932, aquatint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008

  

  Armin Landeck, View of New York, 1932, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008

  

  Gerald Geerlings, Grand Canal, America, (Chicago), 1933, drypoint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008

   

  

  Asa Cheffetz, Monday (The American Scene), (Holyoke, Massachusetts), c. 1932, wood engraving, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy, 2016

   

  

  Victoria Hutson Huntley, Lower New York, 1934, lithograph, National Gallery of Art,

   

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  Isac Friedlander, 3 A.M., (New York), 1934

  

  Benton Spruance, The People Work – Evening, (Philadelphia), 1937