Forty-Second Street
1904 · Etching on ivory laid paper · Image: 30.2 × 19.5 cm (11 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 33 × 19.5 cm (13 × 7 11/16 in.)
Pennell, Forty-Second Street, 1904. Etching on ivory laid paper.
The Art Institute of Chicago · The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
How to look at a Pennell
- Find the lightest and darkest passage. Measure the distance between them. It is usually small.
- Count the repeated elements (windows, arches) and notice that no two are drawn identically.
