Day two hundred and forty-one: This afternoon I went sleuthing in storage because I knew something was amiss. Two original woodblocks carved by printmaker Howard Norton Cook (American, 1901-1980) were listed in the collection catalog with the same title, and I needed to see which really belonged to an impression of Hotel New Yorker. I found the correct block easily, and then looked for the other. It was unexpected tiny, but as soon as I saw its face, I knew what print it had made: Skyscraper #1. This sketch is a detail from that little print, and a study of the style Cook used to represent the awesome towers of New York City at the end of the roaring 20s.
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