Downtown Skyport

Object NamePrint

Artist / Maker Harry LeRoy Taskey (American, 1892 - 1958)

Date1930s

MediumLithograph

Dimensions10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (26.7 x 39.4 cm)

ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates

Credit LineTransferred from the Applied Art Department, Iowa State University. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museusms, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberUM82.229

Status

Not on view

Collections

Works of Art on Paper & Photography

CultureAmerican

Label TextAirplanes and people are depicted in front of a New York City skyline. Taskey's use of contrast in the buildings, such as the Chrysler Building, increases the drama in this lithograph. The cropping of the buildings antenna helps compositionally--if the entire building were to be included in the image, the center of interest would make the lithograph bottom heavy. Also see Louis Lozowick's Storm Over Manhattan, 1936 in this exhibition.

PeriodDepression Era

Locations