Tanna Kasimir-Hoernes (1887-1972)
Custom House Wall Street
New York: c. 1930s
Colored etching
Signed in pencil lower right
18 x 11 1/2 inches, print
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Custom House, Wall Street
Tanna Kasimir-Hoernes
Tanna Kasimir-Hoernes
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View of Wall Street, near Broad and Nassau Streets, focusing on Custom House with statue of George Washington at the steps.
Tanna Kasimir-Hoernes was the wife of Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962) whom she met while both were students at the Vienna Academy of Art. Luigi was one of the first artists to develop the color etching technique, and his work can be found in major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in numerous fine print collections worldwide. Both husband and wife were prolific producers of color and black-and-white etchings of European and American urban landscapes and architecture. Their work looks similar, but Tanna’s style was somewhat more painterly than Luigi’s. Their son Robert Kasimir (1914-2002) was also an accomplished printmaker.
Reference:
Bénézit, E. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. France: Librairie Gründ, 1966. Vol. 5, p. 218.