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Drawing, The City at Night, Descent into the Streets
This is a Drawing. It was created by Hugh Ferriss. It is dated 1925 and we acquired it in 1980. Its medium is lithographic crayon on heavy cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Jean Ferriss Leich.
It is credited Gift of Jean Ferriss Leich.
- Drawing, Study for Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Law,...
- black crayon, stumped, pen and black ink, brush and black wash, varnish on....
- Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss.
- 1969-137-4
- Drawing, Sketches of New York Skyscrapers
- graphite, red crayon on tracing paper.
- Gift of Henry O. Milliken.
- 1937-51-4
- Textile, Starry Indigo
- silk (88%), silver foil over washi paper (8%), polyester (4%).
- Gift of Hosoo Co., Ltd..
- 2015-46-1
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Poster, Freddy Johnson and His Harlemites
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- 2018-22-47
![A Russian constructivist-style book cover for American Cinema of Today. The black silhouette of a figure on a ladder in the center left leans out and shouts through a black megaphone, whilst looking down on a black and orange urban cityscape, complete with geometric skyscrapers and rows of cars in traffic, portrayed from an aerial perspective. The Cyrillic title of the book, [KINO / AMERIKA / SEGODNYA], [American Cinema of Today] in orange, capital letters is found on the right inside a bilboard on top of a skyscraper, and seems to be lit by a spotlight projected beneath the figure. Inside a thin black strip at the top of the book cover is the name [DAN RAFALOVICH], [Daniil Rafalovich] in capital, orange Cyrillic letters; and mirrored on the bottom, inside a black strip is name of the St Petersburg publishing house, [TEAKINOPECHAT] in orange Cyrillic capitals.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/325932_643d9edacd986de7_n.jpg "Object ID #890290253")
- Object ID #890290253
- red-and-black-printed and illustrated paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library, PN1993.5....
- 43.2016.2
- Drawing, Abstract Cityscape
- graphite, orange crayon on wove paper.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1992-127-1
Its dimensions are
38.3 x 56.2 cm (15 1/16 x 22 1/8 in.)
It is signed
Signed in crayon, lower left: Ferriss
It is inscribed
Inscribed on verso in pen and blue ink: View from Studio / 101 Park Ave. / N.Y.C. / p. 19 "Metropolis of Tomorrow" / "The City at Night".
Cite this object as
Drawing, The City at Night, Descent into the Streets; Hugh Ferriss (American, 1889–1962); USA; lithographic crayon on heavy cream wove paper; 38.3 x 56.2 cm (15 1/16 x 22 1/8 in.) ; Gift of Jean Ferriss Leich; 1980-39-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
