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Riverside Church, New York.

  • ARTIST: Ernest Roth

  • MEDIUM: Etching,

    DATE: 1930

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition 90. Image size 14 3/4 x 9 1/2" (37.5 x 24.1 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Selected for "Fine Prints Of The Year, " 1931 (Plate 72).<BR><BR> Riverside Church is in Morningside Heights in upper Manhattan at 490 Riverside Drive one block south and across the street from Grant’s Tomb. The church is famous for its neo-gothic architecture and its history of social justice. The church was conceived by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and designed by the firm of Allen, Pelton and Collens. The Riverside Church is the tallest church in the United States and the 24th tallest in the world. <BR><BR> Martin Luther King, Jr., The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan, Cesar Chavez, Desmund Tutu, Fidel Castro, Nelson Mandela have all spoken at Riverside Church.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed and dated in pencil, inscribed "Ed/90."

  • CONDITION: Very good condition. Printed on light blue paper.

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