West Forty-Second Street, Night
Arms presents a rare, unpopulated view of West Forty-Second Street at night. On the left, the darkened New York Public Library looms in the foreground; beyond it, the narrow Bush Tower (newly completed in 1918) rises above Bryant Park, ablaze with electric signs-or "spectaculars"-advertising Chesterfield Cigarettes: "They satisfy/ Right you are, They satisfy." On the right, the Times Tower (headquarters of the newspaper from 1905-15) soars above the old Sixth Avenue Elevated Railway (removed in 1938), and indicates the position of Times Square.
Artwork Details
- Title: West Forty-Second Street, Night
- Artist: John Taylor Arms (American, Washington, D.C. 1887–1953 New York)
- Printer: Frederick Thomas Reynolds (American (born England), London 1882–1945 Riverton, New Jersey)
- Date: 1922
- Medium: Etching and aquatint, printed in blue and black inks
- Dimensions: Plate: 10 9/16 × 6 11/16 in. (26.8 × 17 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (36.8 × 23 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of John Taylor Arms, 1942
- Object Number: 42.21.16
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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