Gerson Leiber

The Rookery
1968

A densely packed crowd of people fills the frame in a black and white image, with a horizon line of trees or structures faintly visible in the background. The crowd appears to be outdoors during the daytime, and many individuals are looking upwards towards something out of view, possibly a stage or event. The image has a grainy, textured quality, suggesting it may be an etching or a print rather than a photograph. There are signatures and numbering on the bottom, indicating it is a piece of artwork.
A densely packed crowd of people fills the frame in a black and white image, with a horizon line of trees or structures faintly visible in the background. The crowd appears to be outdoors during the daytime, and many individuals are looking upwards towards something out of view, possibly a stage or event. The image has a grainy, textured quality, suggesting it may be an etching or a print rather than a photograph. There are signatures and numbering on the bottom, indicating it is a piece of artwork.

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Date
1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching, engraving, aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 25 5/8 × 29 1/2in. (65.1 × 74.9 cm) Plate: 21 1/2 × 27 9/16in. (54.6 × 70 cm)

Accession number
72.122

Edition
18/35 | Incomplete edition 35, 9 APs

Publication
Printed and published by Gerson Leiber

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Michael Leon Freilich, Roko Gallery

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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