Armin Landeck

Excavation Site: Manhattan
1983

A black and white etching depicting an urban scene with a focus on a rooftop featuring a wooden water tower. In the background, a variety of buildings with visible signage, including "MATTHEW TRUCKIN" and "MATTHEW MOVING VANS," can be seen. The foreground shows the detailed textures of the wooden structure and the rooftop surface. The artwork is signed and dated in the bottom right corner, indicating it was created in 1978.
A black and white etching depicting an urban scene with a focus on a rooftop featuring a wooden water tower. In the background, a variety of buildings with visible signage, including "MATTHEW TRUCKIN" and "MATTHEW MOVING VANS," can be seen. The foreground shows the detailed textures of the wooden structure and the rooftop surface. The artwork is signed and dated in the bottom right corner, indicating it was created in 1978.

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Date
1983

Classification
Prints

Medium
Engraving

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm) Plate: 9 15/16 × 6 15/16in. (25.2 × 17.6 cm)

Accession number
86.68.29

Edition
Ed. 100 | Incomplete edition 100

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Helen S. Tankersley

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Armin Landeck
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