New York: The Battery by Max Pollak
New York: The Battery
Max Pollak
Title
New York: The Battery
Artist
Year
c. 1927
Technique
color etching & aquatint
Image Size
12 3/8 x 16 1/8" 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; titled in pencil a second time along the sheet edge in lower left
Reference
Paper
ivory wove
State
published
Publisher
Inventory ID
PAKU113
Price
SOLD
Description
This view shows the southern tip of Manhattan and the New York Harbor. The low building near the water is the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, which was built between 1902 and 1907 by the federal government to house the duty collection operations for the port of New York. The Battery is named for the artillery batteries that were positioned there in the city's early history to protect the settlement.