New York Cathedral (St. Thomas)

 

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)

c. 1930  

etching 

5 15/16 x 3 15/16" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

not stated; presumed fewer than 20 impressions pulled 

pencil titled erroneously as St. Patrick's, lower left sheet edge; red Friedl Pollak Collection stamp in lower left sheet corner 

 

ivory similie vellum wove 

published 

artist 

24008 

$400.00 

In the process of itemizing Max Pollak's estate, someone has titled his two images of the facade of St. Thomas Church in midtown Manhattan as "St. Patrick's". However, this is in fact the principle facade of St. Thomas Episcopal Church as seen from the corner of 53rd Street and 5th Avenue, featuring it's Gothic Flamboyant rose window and sculptures of saints in alcoves adorning the facade.