Price: $450.00
SKU: 103818
ARTIST: Karl Dehmann
MEDIUM: Drypoint,
DATE: 1927.
EDITION SIZE: Edition c. 100. Image size 10 3/4 x 7" (27.3 x 17.8 cm).
DESCRIPTION: The composition suggested by the title contrasts “old” and “new” temples typically interpreted as a visual dialogue between a traditional ecclesiastical building and a modern skyscraper or commercial structure. Such imagery reflects the rapid transformation of urban environments, particularly in cities like New York, where historic religious architecture coexisted with, and was increasingly overshadowed by, the vertical expansion of modern construction. The juxtaposition underscores shifting cultural values, placing spiritual and historical continuity in tension with the forces of modernization and commercial progress.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in pencil lower right.
CONDITION: Very good condition.
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