Waldorf Astoria Building under Constuction

Werner Drewes, Waldorf Astoria Building under Constuction, 1931, drypoint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1969.21.75
Werner Drewes, Waldorf Astoria Building under Constuction, 1931, drypoint, image: 11 7⁄8 × 7 7⁄8 in. (30.2 × 20.0 cm) sheet: 15 5⁄8 × 12 1⁄2 in. (39.7 × 31.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1969.21.75

Artwork Details

Title
Waldorf Astoria Building under Constuction
Artist
Date
1931
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 11 7⁄8 × 7 7⁄8 in. (30.2 × 20.0 cm) sheet: 15 5⁄8 × 12 1⁄2 in. (39.7 × 31.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums Description
drypoint
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — commercial — Waldorf Astoria
  • Architecture — commercial — skyscraper
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
Object Number
1969.21.75
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1969.21.75

Works by this artist (3 items)

Image Not Available
Cubist
Artist
Date2014
brass, Nevamar laminate, rock, and silver plating
Not on view
Garry Knox Bennett, Boston Kneehole, 1989, Honduras rosewood, maple, aluminum, brick, Fountainhead, Colorcore, antiqued bronze, and watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Anne and Ronald Abramson, the James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1990.104, © 1989, Gary Knox Bennett
Boston Kneehole
Artist
Date1989
Honduras rosewood, maple, aluminum, brick, Fountainhead, Colorcore, antiqued bronze, and watercolor
Not on view
Garry Knox Bennett, Bench, 1979, Douglas fir, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Theodore Cohen in memory of his mother and her sisters: Rose Melmon Cohen, Blanche Melmon, Mary Melmon Greenberg and Fanny Melmon Liberman, 1998.122.2A-E, © 1981, Garry K. Bennett
Bench
Artist
Date1979
Douglas fir
Not on view

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Points of Reference: Atlas, Webster & Roget
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