Sunset Palace Lodge

PrintmakerMade by Armin Landeck American, 1905 - 1984

Date1938

MediumDrypoint; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 15/16 x 7 3/4in. (15.1 x 19.7cm)
Plate (height x width): 5 15/16 x 7 3/4in. (15.1 x 19.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 x 13 1/2in. (27.9 x 34.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

DescriptionA dilapidated frame building, probably a house, is in a field, with a barn in the right background. The house has a porch and a chimney. A wire fence is in the foreground, extending back towards the barn. A sign at the left reads, in part: "SUNSET PALACE / LODGE / GOOD EATS - GOOD BEDS".

Object number2003.22.0

MarkingsPapermaker's [?] monogram "MMMOK [?]" embossed at lower right.InscribedOn recto, lower left, in pencil, "Ed 100".
On verso, lower right, in pencil, the accession number.NotesSubject Note: According to the artist, as quoted in Kraeft, p. 100, the subject is "A place near Woodbury, Connecticut." (Finlay 12/18/2003)

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