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St. Paul's New York
191520th century
10 7/8 in. x 8 3/8 in. (27.62 cm x 21.27 cm)
Joseph Pennell, American, (ca. 1860–1926)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Etching on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, purchased on the recommendation of Spencer Wigmore '11, in conjunction with Whistler Circles: An Etching Revival Tour of Europe exhibition, spring 2008.
Accession Number:
2008.021
St. Paul's New York pictures the conflict between the new and old worlds of the city during a time of rapid change in both Europe and America. The edifice under construction appears to be the Woolworth Building, rising above St. Paul's Chapel or the new technologies and designs of the Woolworth Building?
St. Paul's New York is the only work in the exhibition of an American subject. Few American Etching Revival artists treated their own country in the 19th century. By the early 20th century, though, American cities - especially New York - attracted artists inspired by the excitement of new construction and the burgeoning artistic community.
This work was purchased on the recommendation of a student curator enrolled in the Whistler circles seminar. - Spencer Wigmore '11
St. Paul's New York is the only work in the exhibition of an American subject. Few American Etching Revival artists treated their own country in the 19th century. By the early 20th century, though, American cities - especially New York - attracted artists inspired by the excitement of new construction and the burgeoning artistic community.
This work was purchased on the recommendation of a student curator enrolled in the Whistler circles seminar. - Spencer Wigmore '11
Keywords
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20th Century,
21st Century,
American*,
Contemporary*,
etching (printing process)*,
etchings (prints)*,
paper (fiber product)*,
prints (visual works)*
- 20th Century
- 21st Century
- American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
- Contemporary - Refers to painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present.
- etching (printing process) - Intaglio process in which the design is worked into an acid-resistant substance coating the metal printing plate; the plate is then exposed to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed, to create lines and dark areas. For the single step of exposing the plate to acid, use "biting."
- etchings (prints) - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Contemporary American Painting , 9/1/2017 - 3/14/2018
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