"Martin Lewis is the artist behind this film noir-like masterpiece of light and darkness, a drypoint etching simply titled 'Glow of the City' and completed in 1929. It’s a study in contrasts: the dark church steeple of 19th century New York against the illumination of a 20th century skyscraper—the Chanin Building, which would have recently opened on East 42nd Street. This cathedral of commerce radiates light and power amid the everyday dreariness of tenement backyards and laundry on clotheslines. ..."
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