Kerr Eby. 1890-1946.
No. 1 Wall Street. c. 1930. Preparatory drawing for the etching (Giardina 148). 16 1/8 x 10 1/4 (sheet 17 1/2 x 12 1/2). Outline sketch, verso; complete image, recto. Drawn on 3 assembled sheets of Bristol board with a blindstamp, upper right. Unsigned. Provenance: a private collector. $750.
No. 1 Wall Street. 1930. Etching and sandpaper ground. Giardina 148.ii/iv. 16 x 10 3/8 (sheet 18 3/8 x 12 1/4). Trial proof No. 2, previous to the edition 90. Giardina describes it: 'Plate rebitten; large building at upper left better defined and windows indicated; some lines -- including cable from derrick at left -- removed from space between large building and church; scattered new work throughout, including vertical shading in lower left corner of space to right of church and extending to top of church door.' A rare working proof printed on cream Van Gelder Zonen laid paper. Signed and annotated "Trial No 2.' and 'imp' in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist. $750.
The etching shows the construction of No. 1 Wall Street, the former Irving Trust Company headquarters, at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway in Lower Manhattan. Construction workers are active in the foreground, while in the background smoke and dust rise from the site partially obscuring Trinity Church, shown at the center of the image. This depiction of atmospheric effects is characteristic of Eby's work.
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