Night scene of a skyscraper consisting of a massed cluster of low tiered sections below culminating in a monumental tower. The structure is illuminated by the city street lights below and streams of light from a chapel- like central section. A white cross is visible at the top of the tower. Pedestrians walk among silhouetted leafless trees below.

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This photostat is photostat mounted on illustration board. Its dimensions are: 63.8 x 37.1 cm (25 1/8 x 14 5/8 in. ).

It is signed In graphite lower right Hugh Ferris - Del. and inscribed Verso: In graphite upper right by the artist: Hugh Ferriss / 101 Park Av / (Vanderbilt - 3680); in black crayon upper center: Hugh Ferriss / 210 W. 57 (crossed out in graphite0; in black crayon at center: B.G. Goodhue / 2 W. 47 BO (?) (crossed out in graphite); in graphite in another hand right center: 5ft Hugh / see me.

This photostat is from United States and dated 1921.

Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss. Its provenance is Mrs. Hugh Ferriss and the artist (Gift) We acquired this object in 1964.

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