Postcard: New York in Color. To the Vortex - North River from Hoboken. (1932.)
Entry/Object ID
2012.001.0026
Scope and Content
Postcard: New York in Color. To the Vortex - North River from Hoboken. (1932.) Published in Trapier Colorpoeme Series '32 by Lumitone Photo-Print, N.Y. Color halftone lithographed card, 3-1/2" wide x 5-3/8" high; divided back; unused.
Titled on front as above.
Signed in image at lower right: C [copyright] Trapier 1932
Text on reverse:
Trapier Colorpoeme - Series '32
The whirlpool of the world's commerce that eddies about the Port of New York all day long is most vivid from the piers at Hoboken. The dark green waters of the Hudson are constantly churned to a boiling, while the tall sentinels of Manhattan stand guard.
Lumitone Photo-Print - New York - Made in U.S.A.
Artist Pierre P.A. Trapier painted this scene, an elevated (almost bird's-eye) view with a vista seen from Hoboken looking at river traffic and the skyscrapers of lower Manhattan. The recognizable river end of a Hoboken pier is at the lower right. A Lackawanna ferry is seen among the Hudson River traffic. Trapier did a number of New York scenes that were issued by this postcard publisher - see notes.
Acquisition
Accession
2012.001
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1932 - 1932
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1932
Date(s): 1932
General Notes
Note
Notes: Text below as found at - http://www.metropostcard.com/publishersl.html
Lumitone Press Photoprint (1928-1958)
New York, NY
Published highly stylized view-cards in tinted halftone lithography with a dull flat pallet [sic - palette]. Many of their cards were produced as dutones. In the 1930’s they published a Colorpoeme series reproducing the views of New York created by artist Pierre Trapier. They are one of the few American publishers to exhibit a distinct Art Deco influence on their early graphics. These postcards were printed in the United States.
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Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2012-05-25
