Print of the Day!! Friday, May 8, 2020; Armin Landeck (1905-1984); "Facade"; intaglio; 1979; edition 70. $800.00.
Print of the Day!! Friday, May 8, 2020, is by American printmaker Armin Landeck (1905-1984). A Friday offering while most of us continue to shelter and work at home and avoid personal contact.
"Facade" is an intaglio, an engraving printed from a copper plate, done in 1979. The platemark measures 14-1/2 x 17-3/4". This impression is pencil signed, dated, and editioned "100" (70 printed) by the artist in the lower margin. It was printed by the artist on a heavy white wove paper that measures 17-3/4 x 21-1/2". This image is not in the Kraeft raisonné of Landeck's prints.
This color relief print by American printmaker Armin Landeck (1905-1984) is available from the gallery for $800.00.
Time payments can be arranged. Shipping costs will be discussed. California residents will have sales tax added. Out of state residents may be responsible for use tax, depending on state law. Landeck, already a master of architectural study, seeks to portray the intimate life of a structure in "Facade." An apartment building's front door and street-facing windows are caught in a slight skew as if Landeck was standing at a bit of an angle when he drew them. But while he is known for intricate, sharply drawn lines that accentuate the bones of buildings in almost mathematical accuracy, here he focuses on the passing of time portrayed in the composition: once an elegant representation of tidy municipality, the building has begun to retire into dereliction, but not without grace.
Landeck takes pains to capture the smoldering texture of a weathered plaster wall; the grain of the boards that neatly replace glass panes; the irregularity of the bricks above. The entire scene is then illuminated the gentlest of lights, bestowing dignity on the past. In such a small, almost forgetful bit of architecture, we are given the opportunity to appreciate what once was, and the ways in which time reclaims all things.
Armin Landeck was trained as an architect but moved to printmaking early in his career. His early work was detailed realism, American scene drypoints and lithographs. In the mid 1940s he found his way to S.W. Hayter's Atelier 17 in New York where the printmakers were experimenting with Surrealism and automatic line using and inventing primarily engraving techniques.
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