New York: View From South Street by Max Pollak
New York: View From South Street
Max Pollak
Title
New York: View From South Street
Artist
Year
1928
Technique
color etching & aquatint
Image Size
12 3/8 x 11 3/8" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
1 of 150
Annotations
titled, lower left; bears the red stamp F.P.C. for Friedl Pollak Collection; stamped verso "Made in Austria"
Reference
Paper
ivory wove
State
published
Publisher
Liveright, 1929
Inventory ID
PAKU101
Price
SOLD
Description
South Street is in lower Manhattan and was so named due to its location on the south side of the island.The South Street Seaport is an historic area with cobblestone streets and 19th century mercantile buildings. In the 19th century, South Street was part of a flourishing commercial area but by 1928 when Pollak made this aquatint South Street was in decline. His use of black and grey hints at the gritty decay of the buildings. Pollak was commissioned by Theodore Dreiser to do a series of eight etchings of New York which were reprodcued in "My City", published in 1929. This was the second illustration in the book.