New York from Heights Near Brooklyn
Samuel Margolies
- Savvy Price $450.00
- Gallery Price $800.00
- Title
- New York from Heights Near Brooklyn
- Artist
- Samuel Margolies
- Medium
- Aquatint and etching on paper
- Plate size
- 14 3/4" height X 21 1/4" width
- Frame
- Single paper mat, regular glass, antiqued wood molding
- Frame size
- 25 1/8" height X 32 1/8" width
- Signed
- "S. L. Margolies" at viewer's lower right margin in graphite
- Condition
- Excellent to very good, but as mat board is not acid free, there may be discoloration.
- About The New York from Heights Near Brooklyn
After the original 1820 engraving by Ivan Hill, Margolies' print features a period view of New York. It was published by Andres Inc. of New York.
- About Samuel Margolies
(1897-1974) An etcher, painter, teacher, writer, and lecturer Samuel Margolies was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 10, 1897.
He studied at the Cooper Union Art School in New York City, the National Academy of Design, and with V. Perard. He was a member of the Society of American Etchers, American Printmakers, American Veterans Society of Artists, and the American Artists Congress.
Margolies exhibited at the New York World's Fair in 1939, Mineola N. Y. State Fair, 1935 (prize); and the Queensboro Society of Allied Arts and Crafts in 1936 (prizes) and 1937 (prize). His work is in the Society of American Etchers, the Library of Congress and various embassies and federal buildings in Washington D. C.
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