Charles Locke

City Wharves
1934

Vintage etching of a bustling harbor with boats and figures, against a backdrop of distant city buildings.
Vintage etching of a bustling harbor with boats and figures, against a backdrop of distant city buildings.

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Date
1934

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 11 5/16 × 16 1/16in. (28.7 × 40.8 cm) Image: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8in. (21 × 28.9 cm)

Accession number
34.37.5

Edition
12/300 | Incomplete edition 300

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/4470

Part of a series:

The American Scene - Series

6 works

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Charles Locke
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