LESLIE RAGAN (1897-1972) NEW YORK / THE UPPER BAY FROM LOWER MANHATTAN. 1935. 40 3/4x27 inches, 103 1/2x68 1/2 cm. [Latham Litho Co., Long Island City.] Condition B+ / B: recreated bottom line of text; creases in image; minor restoration and overpainting in margins. An intriguing and dramatic bird's-eye view of Battery Park, seen from atop of 60 Wall Street, with New York harbor, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and New Jersey visible in the background. "Ragan's cityscapes were particularly noteworthy for their dramatic perspective and powerful massing of Deco-styled skyscrapers. Appropriately, his New York City images best communicated the sense of dynamic rhythm and energy emblematic of the skyscraper age" (ibid, p. 95ff). Zega 127, Metzl p. 157.
