Lower New York from Coenties Slip
Date1938
Artist
Carl Abel
(American printmaker, active 20th century)
MediumColored etching
Dimensionsplate: 12 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (31.8 × 21.6 cm)
sheet: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
sheet: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineFound in collection
Object number1900-1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextCoenties Slip was originally an artificial inlet in the East River for the loading and unloading of ships. Landfilled in 1835, it became a pedestrian area with low-rise buildings near the heart of the downtown financial district.
