Water Street Stairs, New York

Maker Joseph Pennell (American, 1866 - 1926)

ClassificationsPRINTS

Date1919

Mediumetching with drypoint on Japanese-style paper

Dimensions12 x 6 in. (30.5 x 15.2 cm.) sheet: 19 x 13 1/2 in. (48.3 x 34.3 cm.)

DescriptionNew York street scene

Inscribedtitle printed in image at lower right: "Water Street Stairs Jo. Pennell"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Mishler

Status

Not on view

Label TextWater Street Stairs offers an unusual perspective onto the narrow corridors created by Lower Manhattan's dense architecture and a view to the water that reveals the riggings of ships in the harbor. This print was made toward the end of Pennell's career, at which point he was renowned as a leader and advocate of printmaking in the United States.

Object number98.5.5