[Fruit boat, or New York from our Brooklyn flat] / Pennell. – Antique Print
![[Fruit boat, or New York from our Brooklyn flat] / Pennell., [between ca. 1921 and 1926] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9b/9bb584a51835-L.webp)
(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.
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Joseph Pennell's title pairs a fruit boat with the view from the windows of the couple's Brooklyn flat, so the sheet is as much about a vantage point at home as about a ship. He drew it in watercolor and gouache over charcoal, a looser, more painterly method than the etchings and lithographs he was best known for. It was reproduced in his 1925 memoir, *The Adventures of an Illustrator*, under the caption "New York from our Brooklyn Flat." Pennell spent much of his career recording New York's harbor and industrial life, and this drawing shows why that waterfront held his attention in the years after World War I.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1921 and 1926] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on cream paper : watercolor and gouache over charcoal ; sheet 25.3 x 17.9 cm. |
| Notes | Exhibit 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 |
| Subjects | Ships--New York (State)--New York--1910-1930. Harbors--New York (State)--New York--1910-1930. New York (N.Y.)--1910-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,073 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150839 |
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