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Joseph Pennell

1908 · Mezzotint · Drawings and Prints

Pennell, a Philadelphia-born Quaker, spent the first two decades of his career abroad, living primarily in London, where he became a close associate of Whistler. Here, the artist manipulates mezzotint's dramatic potential to represent the Statue of Liberty backlit by the sun breaking through clouds, Manhattan's skyline seen in the distance. He printed about seventy proofs.

Artist

Joseph Pennell

Date

1908

Medium

Mezzotint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917