Armin Landeck American (1905-1984) York Street Tenements, New York City, 1938 drypoint etching, Ed. 100 pencil signed, dated and titled lower margin. Armin Landeck was born in Wisconsin in 1905. He studied at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A.), and Columbia University (M.A.). While in New York, he took classes at the Art Students League*, and began experimenting with printmaking, studying briefly at the Atelier 17* with Stanley Hayter. In the 1930s he opened the School of Printmakers with Martin Lewis, in George Miller's 14th Street Studio in Manhattan (closed due to the economic crisis of the Depression). He was a member of the Society of American Etchers ad was elected to the National Academy of Design*, the Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Institute of the American Academy. Exhibitions include: the International Graphics Exhibition, Yugoslavia (1932) Salons of America* (1934); AIC (1942); LOC (1943-45); Boston Printmakers (1969); South American Graphic Arts (1969); Conn. Graphic Arts Center (solo) (1998). His work is included in collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art; the Library of Congress; the Swedish National Museum; and the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin. Source: Annex Galleries 10 1/2"H x 9"W (image), 17 1/2"H x 16 1/4"W (frame)