Downtown District of Manhattan. 1938. Offset lithograph illustrated map. 64¼x96½ cm, 25¼x38 inches; Gardner Osborn, [New York].
Teacher, printmaker, sculptor and artist, Zaidenberg is best remembered for his seminal work Anyone Can Draw, published the same year that he designed this map. Throughout his career, he designed over 100 murals for hotels in Miami, New York and for the cruise ship Rotterdam. Most likely, this map was created for the New York World's Fair.Condition A-: repaired tears and restoration in margins; minor abrasions and slight overpainting along vertical and horizontal folds.
