Lower Manhattan from Apartment in Brooklyn

Herzl Emanuel, Lower Manhattan from Apartment in Brooklyn, 1937, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.20
Herzl Emanuel, Lower Manhattan from Apartment in Brooklyn, 1937, bronze, 8 1⁄4 x 23 3⁄4 x 1 1⁄2 in. (21.0 x 60.5 x 3.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.20

Artwork Details

Title
Lower Manhattan from Apartment in Brooklyn
Artist
Date
1937
Location
Dimensions
8 1⁄4 x 23 3⁄4 x 1 1⁄2 in. (21.0 x 60.5 x 3.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost
Mediums
Mediums Description
bronze
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
Object Number
1986.92.20
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.92.20

Artwork Description

Herzl Emanuel created this piece shortly after he moved to New York. In this early work, he experimented with cubism by breaking up and distorting the traditional landscape format. Lower Manhattan from Apartment in Brooklyn displays patterns of bricks, architectural details, fragments of the Brooklyn Bridge, and ripples of water to create an imagined cityscape of jumbled shapes and crisscrossing lines.

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Artist
Date1867
wood engraving on paper
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