Untitled, Chrysler Building, completed 1930, New York, 1929,
Berenice Abbott, American, 1898 – 1991, Gelatin silver print
More than fifty prints, drawings, and photographs chosen from the Philadelphia Museum of Art collection demonstrate the many ways artists chose to portray the new giants in their landscape. Roughly spanning the years between 1905 and 1940, the works will reflect a wide range of styles and practices. Among the famous skyscrapers featured are Chicago’s gothic-ornamented Tribune Tower, New York City’s Art Deco Empire State Building, and Philadelphia’s modernist PSFS Building. The exhibition includes prints by John Marin and Charles Sheeler, photographs by Berenice Abbott and Alfred Stieglitz, and drawings by Earl Horter and Abraham Walkowitz.
Exhibition: Skyscrapers: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs of the Early Twentieth Century, June 6 – November 1, 2009 at Philadelphia Museum of Art