Manhattan Towers (a.k.a Manhattan Cliffs) by Mark Freeman
Manhattan Towers (a.k.a Manhattan Cliffs)
Mark Freeman
Title
Manhattan Towers (a.k.a Manhattan Cliffs)
Artist
Mark Freeman
1908 - 2003 (biography)Year
1936 / printed '52
Technique
2-color lithograph
Image Size
20 1/2 x 15 3/8" image
Signature
lower right, pencil
Edition Size
20 of 30
Annotations
titled, dated and editioned in pencil
Reference
Paper
white wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
14881
Price
$800.00
Description
Using a rich yellow to offset the angled shadows of New York City's skyline, Austrian-born Mark Freeman renders his beloved adopted city in the large-format "Manhattan Towers". Alternatively titled "Manhattan Cliffs" and "Concrete Cliffs", this work shows Freeman's ability to study architecture as some might a natural landscape, mapping its evolution as styles and urban needs change like the seasons.
Multiple editions and various proofs of "Manhattan Towers" appear to have been printed by Freeman over the years, some without the yellow background. Impressions with the yellow background have been found dating to 1936 as well as 1952, as with this impression.