The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Skyscraper

1928

Howard Cook

(American, 1901–1980)
America
woodcut
Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1945.10
Catalogue raisonné: Duffy, 96
Location: Not on view

Description

The 1920s was a golden age of growth in America. Artists glorified the energy and excitement of the modern metropolis and such engineering feats as skyscrapers, which were symbols of technology and icons of a new and better world.
  • Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
    The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-April 9, 1989).
  • {{cite web|title=Skyscraper|url=false|author=Howard Cook|year=1928|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1945.10