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[Fruit boat, or New York from our Brooklyn flat] / Pennell. – Vintage Print

[Fruit boat, or New York from our Brooklyn flat] / Pennell., [between ca. 1921 and 1926] — historic drawing
[Fruit boat, or New York from our Brooklyn flat] / Pennell., [between ca. 1921 and 1926]. Historic drawing from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Fruit boat, or New York from our Brooklyn flat] / Pennell. comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Joseph Pennell's title pairs a fruit boat with a view from his Brooklyn apartment, so the picture is less a portrait of a single ship than a vantage point over the working harbor. Drawn in watercolor and gouache over charcoal, it was reproduced as a facing plate in his 1925 memoir, *The Adventures of an Illustrator*. Pennell, who had built a reputation for drawing industrial cities, returned again and again to New York's docks, bridges, and shipping, and this sheet shows how he worked from the window with a sharp eye for the harbor's clutter and light.

Created / published[between ca. 1921 and 1926]
Medium1 drawing on cream paper : watercolor and gouache over charcoal ; sheet 25.3 x 17.9 cm.
NotesExhibit loan 2624-L. Exhibited: The Pennell Legacy: Two Centuries of Printmaking, An Exhibition at the Library of Congress, December 1983 through May 1984. Published in: Pennell, Joseph. The Adventures of an Illustrator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925, Limited edition, facing p. 358 as New York from our Brooklyn Flat." Bequest; Joseph Pennell Estate; 1926-1937; (PR 06 CN 316.53). Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. Conservation completed
SubjectsShips--New York (State)--New York--1910-1930. Harbors--New York (State)--New York--1910-1930. New York (N.Y.)--1910-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,309 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219346

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