LESLIE RAGAN (1897-1972) NEW YORK / THE UPPER BAY FROM LOWER MANHATTAN. 1935. 40 3/4x27 inches, 103 1/2x68 1/2 cm. [Latham Litho Co., Long Island City.] Condition B+ / B: recreated bottom line of text; creases in image; minor restoration and overpainting in margins. An intriguing and dramatic bird's-eye view of Battery Park, seen from atop of 60 Wall Street, with New York harbor, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and New Jersey visible in the background. Leslie Ragan was born in Iowa, and although he was largely a self taught artist, he did study briefly at the Cumming School of Art in Des Moines and the Art Institute in Chicago. He designed posters for the United States during the Second World War, but his largest account was with the New York Central Lines. "His work exemplified the American taste for realistic depiction while highlighting the natural environment for dramatic effect . . . Ragan's sense of composition and refined wash technique made his best images burst with reflected light" (Zega p. 95). "Ragan's cityscapes were particularly noteworthy for their dramatic perspective and powerful massing of Deco-styled skyscrapers. Appropriately, his New York City images best communicated the sense of dynamic rhythm and energy emblematic of the skyscraper age" (ibid, p. 95ff). Zega p. 101, Metzl p. 157.
LESLIE RAGAN (1897-1972) NEW YORK / THE UPPER BAY FROM LOWER MANHATTAN. 1935. 40 3/4x27 inches, 103 1/2x68 1/2 cm. [Latham Litho Co., Long Island City.] Condition B+ / B: recreated bottom line of text; creases in image; minor restoration and overpainting in margins. An intriguing and dramatic bird's-eye view of Battery Park, seen from atop of 60 Wall Street, with New York harbor, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and New Jersey visible in the background. Leslie Ragan was born in Iowa, and although he was largely a self taught artist, he did study briefly at the Cumming School of Art in Des Moines and the Art Institute in Chicago. He designed posters for the United States during the Second World War, but his largest account was with the New York Central Lines. "His work exemplified the American taste for realistic depiction while highlighting the natural environment for dramatic effect . . . Ragan's sense of composition and refined wash technique made his best images burst with reflected light" (Zega p. 95). "Ragan's cityscapes were particularly noteworthy for their dramatic perspective and powerful massing of Deco-styled skyscrapers. Appropriately, his New York City images best communicated the sense of dynamic rhythm and energy emblematic of the skyscraper age" (ibid, p. 95ff). Zega p. 101, Metzl p. 157.
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