Print of the Day!! Tues, Feb 1, 2022 is by Armin Landeck (1905-1984): "Studio Interior No. 1"; drypoint, 1935, artist's proof 6/10. $3,000.00.

The Print of the Day!! Tuesday, February 1, 2022 is by Atelier 17 printmaker Armin Landeck (1905-1984).

"Studio Interior No. 1" is an intaglio, a drypoint done in 1935 by Atelier 17 printmaker Armin Landeck (1905-1984). This impression is pencil signed, dated, and editioned "Artist's Proof 6/10" (outside the published edition of 100). The platemark measures 7-15/16 x 10-9/16 inches and was proved by the artist on an antique-white wove paper that measures 12 x 15 inches. A reference for this image is Kraeft 57. Our inventory number for this image is TILA116.

This precise intaglio by American printmaker Armin Landeck (1905-1984) is available from the gallery for $3,000.00.

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According to Landeck, this was the interior of his first studio in Cornwall, Connecticut. The artist's etching press dominates the foreground, in the back are cabinets for paper. On the far wall is hung an impression of Landeck's 1932 lithograph, "View of New York".

Author/print scholar Albert Reese commented about this print in the Kraeft raisonne of Landeck's prints, page 13:

"It is with his drypoint of "Studio Interior" (No.1), however, that Landeck gets into his full stride. This is a technical achievement of the first water; the detail however small is subordinate to the design; there is a harmony and flow of line that integrates the component units of the composition in a rhythmic whole - witness, for instance the open drawers of the table that carry the planes of the table-top to the bench below and which is further sustained by the bed of the etching press; the light and shade are well distributed and for richness of tone the quality of the drypoint is superb."

Like many depression era printmakers Landeck often did not print a completed edition, preferring to pull a few proofs to send to shows and perhaps sell one every now and then. Editions would be printed at a later date.

Landeck studied printmaking at Columbia University and produced his first prints in 1927. He married that same year and consequently travelled for eighteen months in Europe rendering the architecture in drawing and etching. Upon his return home in 1929, he was unable to procure employment as an architect so he moved to East Cornwall, Connecticut and made the decision to focus on printmaking and teaching. In 1931, he joined the faculty of the Brearley School, an all-girls private school located on the upper east side of Manhattan, and taught there until his retirement in 1958.

In the fall of 1934, Landeck joined forces with fellow artist Martin Lewis when they opened the School for Printmakers at George Miller's Fourteenth Street lithography studio. They offered classes on lithography, etching, drypoint, mezzotint, and wood engraving but their school was forced to close in 1935 due to the economy. Landeck met Stanley William Hayter in the 1940s and began to work at Atelier 17 where he made his first engraving.

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