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Columbus Circle / James Penney. – Antique Wall Art

Columbus Circle / James Penney., 1932 — antique lithograph
Columbus Circle / James Penney., 1932. Antique lithograph 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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Step back in time with Columbus Circle / James Penney., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Columbus Circle, where Broadway, Eighth Avenue and Central Park South meet at the edge of Central Park, is the setting for this 1932 lithograph by James Penney. Its subjects are the pedestrians crossing the busy intersection and the newspaper vendors who worked its corners, a common sight in Depression-era New York. Penney belongs to the American realist printmakers who turned everyday city life into their subject during the 1930s. The print is part of the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection at the Library of Congress, which holds many works from that period.

Created / published1932
Medium1 print : lithograph ; 28.5 x 38.7 cm. (image), 31.3 x 48.1 cm. (sheet)
GenreLithographs 1930-1940.
NotesCopyright by Estate of James Penney. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited in: Life of the people: Realist prints and drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948, Library of Congress, 1999. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2002:170.1445
SubjectsPedestrians--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Newspaper vendors--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,638 × 3,776 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220123

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