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Collections

Gerald Kenneth Geerlings
Jewelled City (Chicago 1931)1931

Not on view
Mezzotint or aquatint print of a nighttime city scene framed by massive steel elevated structure supports, with a street of glowing lamps receding toward dark skyscrapers

Gerald Kenneth Geerlings, Jewelled City (Chicago 1931), 1931, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of General and Mrs. William M. Garland, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Gerald Kenneth Geerlings
United States, 1897-1998
Title
Jewelled City (Chicago 1931)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1931
Medium
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 3/8 × 15 5/8 in. (51.75 × 39.69 cm) Image: 15 5/8 × 11 3/4 in. (39.69 × 29.85 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of General and Mrs. William M. Garland
Accession Number
M.72.126.10
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Schrader, Stephanie, James Glisson, and Alexander Nemerov. True Grit: American Prints from 1900 to 1950. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2019.