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Washington Arch – Vintage Wall Art

Washington Arch, 1923 — historic print
Washington Arch, 1923. Historic print from the Presidents 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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A window into the past: Washington Arch, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few monuments in New York have attracted printmakers as steadily as the arch at the foot of Fifth Avenue in Washington Square, and this 1923 etching shows it as the city's artists knew it. Stanford White designed the arch, which first went up in temporary form in 1889 to mark the centennial of Washington's inauguration in New York, and a permanent marble version followed in 1892. This impression is from an edition of 100 and is signed in pencil. The plate reached its fifth state before printing, a sign of the careful, collectible printmaking that flourished in the 1920s.

Created / published1923
Medium1 print : etching ; 20.1 x 12.2 cm.
GenreEtchings 1920-1930.
NotesEdition of 100. Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil. Morse 212 (fifth state). Zigrosser 129. Purchase (Pennell Fund).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan931 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127035

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