February 26 – August 6, 2017 West Building, Ground Floor, Galleries 22 and 22A
Howard Cook, Looking up Broadway, 1937, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.
American artists of the early 20th century sought to interpret the beauty, power, and anxiety of the modern age in diverse ways. Through depictions of bustling city crowds and breathtaking metropolitan vistas, 25 black-and-white prints in this exhibition explore the spectacle of urban modernity. Prints by recognized artists such as Louis Lozowick and Reginald Marsh, as well as lesser-known artists including Mabel Dwight, Gerald Geerlings, Victoria Hutson Huntley, Martin Lewis, and Stow Wengenroth, are included in this exhibition.
The exhibition is curated by Charles Ritchie, associate curator, department of American and modern prints and drawings, National Gallery of Art.
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
John Taylor Arms, West Forty-Second Street, Night, (New York), 1922, aquatint and etching on yellow laid paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Donald and Nancy deLaski Fund, 2010
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Mabel Dwight, The Clinch, 1928, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Martin Lewis, Quarter of Nine – Saturday’s Children, (New York), 1929, drypoint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Addie Burr Clark, 1946
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Louis Lozowick, Allen Street, (New York), 1929, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Martin Lewis, Building a Babylon, Tudor City, N.Y.C., 1929, etching and drypoint, Naitonal Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy, 2016
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Thomas Nason, Louisburg Square, (Boston), 1930, wood engraving, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Clare Leighton, Breadline, New York, 1931, wood engraving, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Reginald Marsh, Tattoo - Shave - Haircut, (New York), 1932, etching and engraving, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn), 2015
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Gerald Geerlings, Civic Insomnia (New York), 1932, aquatint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Armin Landeck, View of New York, 1932, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Asa Cheffetz, Monday (The American Scene), (Holyoke, Massachusetts), c. 1932, wood engraving, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy, 2016
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Gerald Geerlings, Grand Canal, America, (Chicago), 1933, drypoint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Victoria Hutson Huntley, Lower New York, 1934, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy, 2015
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Isac Friedlander, 3 A.M., (New York), 1934, etching, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1943
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Paul Cadmus, Shore Leave, (New York), 1935, etching, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Millard Sheets, Family Flats, (Los Angeles), 1935, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Benton Spruance, The People Work - Evening, (Philadelphia), 1937, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1943
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Howard Cook, Looking up Broadway, (New York), 1937, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Lawrence Kupferman, Victorian Mansion, (Boston), 1938, drypoint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Samuel L. Margolies, Men of Steel, (New York), c. 1939, drypoint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Edward Arthur Wilson, Untitled (Laying Pipe in New York City), 1941, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Reynold Weidenaar, Locomotive Shops, (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1947, etching and aquatint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow), 2015
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Martin Lewis, Yorkville Night, (New York), 1947, drypoint, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow), 2015
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Stow Wengenroth, Quiet Hour, (New York), 1947, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow), 2015
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950
Robert Riggs, Germantown & Chelten, (Philadelphia), c. 1950, lithograph, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation, 2008
Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington
