TitleQueens Plaza II
Artist
Gerson A. Leiber
(1921 - 2018)
Date1962
MediumEtching, soft-ground etching, engraving and stenciling on cream wove paper
DimensionsSheet size: 19 5/8 × 26 3/16 in.
Plate size: 17 13/16 × 23 9/16 in.
Mat size: 24 × 30 in.
Edition6/35
SignedSigned lower right in graphite: "Leiber '62 imp."
MarkingsWatermark: RIVES
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, September 11, 1991
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1991.21
Label TextA painter and sculptor, Leiber also produced many prints during the 1960s. He often derived his imagery from New York scenes, in this case Queens Plaza looking toward the Fifty-ninth Street Bridge and Manhattan. The near abstraction of this work relates to the artist's earlier interest in cubism. The dark areas result from the deep biting of the plate, while many of the textural effects come from the use of a netlike cloth in the soft-ground etching process. The color was stenciled on to the plate.
