William Meyerowitz
New York No. 2
1924-1934
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William Meyerowitz
New York No. 2
1924-1934
Physical Qualities
Etching and spit bite with printed tone, Sheet: 232 × 298 mm. (9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
Plate: 202 × 250 mm. (7 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ingrid Rose, Washington, D.C., in Memory of her Husband, Milton M. Rose
Object Number
2013.263
In December 1930, The Baltimore Museum of Art presented an exhibition of the work of William Meyerowitz. The artist was then celebrated, as he is now, for his exploration of color printmaking. In the case of "Abstract New York", Meyerowitz revisited and transformed his etching New York No. 2, depicting part of the Manhattan skyline, by augmenting his design with tonal passages of aquatint, then inking the plate with different colors. The resulting composition was suffused with a loose pattern of color swaths. As can be seen here, Meyerowitz occasionally recycled the paper he used for his prints. "Abstract New York" was printed on the reverse side of a sheet with an impression
of another (and presumably earlier) etching of a woman’s head.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Ingrid Rose, Washington, D.C.
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century," February 7-May 8, 2016.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: In plate, at lower left: "Wm Meyerowitz"; below image, at right, in graphite: "Wm Meyerowitz"; along bottom, in gratphite, from left to right: "5th 59th St. [59th St. crossed out] New York No. 2 Ant. dwn [? indecipherable] 1/30"
Markings: None
