Object Details
Designer
J. Floyd Yewell, American, 1885–1963
Architect
Buchman and Kahn, New York, New York, USA
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A tall, wide New York City skyscraper that appears to be an office building stretches upwards in the center of the picture. The architecture is characterized by a setback or ziggurat approach, with a step-like recession in the profile of the building and a reduction in area as it reaches upwards. Smaller buildings can be seen below in the shadows. A light area appears directly in front of the building on the street level and is surrounded by a darker, shaded area. Small figures and cars are dispersed in front of the building.
Credit Line
Gift of Edith H. Yewell
Date
ca. 1930
Accession Number
1984-76-5
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
architecture
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Lithograph on cream paper
Dimensions
101.6 × 64.8 cm (40 × 25 1/2 in.)
place depicted
New York, NY, USA
made in
New York, NY, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1984-76-5