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[New York City harbor and skyline at night] – Historic Reproduction

[New York City harbor and skyline at night], [between ca. 1921 and 1926] — historic drawing
[New York City harbor and skyline at night], [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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Lit after dark, this watercolor and gouache study pairs the New York harbor with the glow of the skyline, a nighttime view that sets it apart from the daylight scenes around it. Joseph Pennell, the Philadelphia-born illustrator best known for drawing the city's bridges, towers and waterfront, made the drawing on cream paper sometime between about 1921 and 1926. Like the other works in its group, it is catalogued as an unfinished study rather than a completed composition. It entered the Library of Congress through the bequest of Pennell's estate, which was settled after his death in 1926.

Created / published[between ca. 1921 and 1926]
Medium1 drawing on cream paper : watercolor, gouache ; sheet 17.7 x 24.9 cm.
GenreCityscape drawings Color 1910-1930.Marines (Visual works) 1910-1930.Watercolors 1910-1930.
NotesWuerth annotated this group with 5/49. Wuerth, L.A. List of original drawings and paintings, New York building and bridge studies. Group of forty-nine drawings in watercolors, all New York subjects, unfinished compositions and notes, no. 5, p. 10. Bequest; Joseph Pennell Estate; 1926-1937; (PR 06 CN 316.3227). Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. Formerly: DRW US - XIX - P420, A89 DRW-US-XIX-P420.A89. Conservation completed 8.98.810.3. Good condition.
SubjectsHarbors--New York (State)--New York--1910-1930. New York (N.Y.)--1910-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,309 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219355

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