Joseph Pennell

Broad Street
1920

Etching of a bustling city street scene with early 20th-century architecture, featuring detailed buildings and a clear central perspective leading to a distant focal point. The artwork captures the essence of an urban landscape with intricate line work and shading.
Etching of a bustling city street scene with early 20th-century architecture, featuring detailed buildings and a clear central perspective leading to a distant focal point. The artwork captures the essence of an urban landscape with intricate line work and shading.

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Date
1920

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 11 7/8 × 9in. (30.2 × 22.9 cm) Plate: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16in. (25.1 × 20.2 cm)

Accession number
96.68.222

Series
Philadelphia Series

Edition
Edition possibly 50

Publication
Printed by Joseph Pennell

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Joseph Pennell
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