Harris Schrank Fine Prints
New York, New York

New York, New York
Howard Cook, Martin Lewis, Reginald Marsh, and John Sloan
New York City has always been a mecca for artists, and an inspiration for printmaking. This sampling of city views, mostly made in the early 1930's, shows the affection artists had for the city – even in precarious times.
Image Credit:
Reginald Marsh - Tatoo-Shave-Haircut (detail)
The whole city is alive; buildings are alive, people are alive; and the more they move me the more I feel them to be alive. And so I try to express graphically what a great city is doing...these warring, pushing, pulling forces.
John Marin
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Howard Cook
Financial District
1931
15/16 x 11 3/4 inches
aquatint, softground etching, roulette
$14,000
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Paul Cadmus - Stewarts (Greenwich Village) (detail)
Martin Lewis
Spring Night, Greenwich Village
1939
9 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches
drypoint and sand ground
$28,000
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John Sloan - Hell Hole (detail)
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Fritz Eichenberg - Subway (detail)
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Tatoo-Shave-Haircut
Reginald Marsh
1932
9 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches
etching
dedicated (“for Arnold Newman”)
on request
John Marin
Brooklyn Bridge No.6 (Swaying)
1913
11 x 9 inches
etching
Alfred Stieglitz
An impression before steelfacing
on request
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John Marin (1870-1953) – An acolyte of James Whistler, Marin practiced printmaking in Europe at the turn of the century, but on returning to the U.S. he became on the early American Modernists.
Howard Cook (1901-1980) - By the early 1930s, Cook’s prints of New York, especially its skyscrapers and bridges, were widely known and often reproduced in such magazines as Harpers and The Atlantic Monthly. The first solo exhibition of his prints was held in 1929 at the Weyhe Gallery in New York.
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) – Marsh, one of the great American artists of the post WWI-Depression era, was quoted as saying in response to a question about the size of his editions: “Since I do practically all my own printing, I do not limit the edition. The buyer limits the edition – he rarely buys, I rarely print."
John Sloan (1871-1951) – An eminent member of the famed Ashcan School of early 20th Century American artists, Sloan achieved printmaking fame with his early series of New York City prints.
Martin Lewis (1881-1962) – Born in Australia, he received his only formal art training in Sydney. In 1900 he came to the US, first to San Francisco, but eventually to New York, where he achieved printmaking fame for his city views, as well as his poignant impressions of rural Connecticut.
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