Howard Cook

Lower Manhattan
1930

A black and white lithograph depicting a stylized urban skyline with a variety of geometric skyscrapers, some resembling art deco architecture. In the foreground, a steamboat emits a plume of smoke on a body of water, and the entire scene is cast with dramatic shadows suggesting either early morning or late afternoon light. The artwork is signed at the bottom right.

A black and white lithograph depicting a stylized urban skyline with a variety of geometric skyscrapers, some resembling art deco architecture. In the foreground, a steamboat emits a plume of smoke on a body of water, and the entire scene is cast with dramatic shadows suggesting either early morning or late afternoon light. The artwork is signed at the bottom right.

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Date
1930

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 5/16in. (39.7 × 28.7 cm) Image: 14 × 10in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm)

Accession number
72.18

Edition
Ed. 75

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Gray Winnan

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Howard Cook

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artworks/3813

Howard Cook
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