Armin Landeck

Parthenon No. 2
1928

An etching depicting the entrance to an ancient Greek temple with Doric columns and detailed friezes. The foreground shows large stone steps leading up to the darkened doorway, where a small figure is visible. The artwork conveys a sense of historical grandeur and decay.

An etching depicting the entrance to an ancient Greek temple with Doric columns and detailed friezes. The foreground shows large stone steps leading up to the darkened doorway, where a small figure is visible. The artwork conveys a sense of historical grandeur and decay.

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Date
1928

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 × 9 3/16in. (33 × 23.3 cm) Plate: 10 1/4 × 7 5/8in. (26 × 19.4 cm)

Accession number
86.68.56

Edition
Few Impressions | 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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