Arts and Collectibles
Signed and Numbered Print of Looking South by Daniel Kohn
- Item Number
- A-006
- Estimated Value
- 100 USD
- Sold
- 35 USD to Live Event Bidder
Item Description
In 1998, artist Daniel Kohn received a grant to take part in World Views, a program organized by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Port Authority of New York that provided studio space for artists in the high floors of the World Trade Center. His work from this period sought to capture the physical presence of the landscape as seen from his studio's vantage point on the 91st floor of Tower One.
Looking South depicts the view south across New York harbor from Fiduciary Trust's reception area on the 94th floor of Tower Two. Importantly, this was not a view Kohn experienced from the space in Tower One, which had views only west over New Jersey and east over Brooklyn. Instead, and thanks to the help of Fiduciary Trust employees and families, who shared personal photographs, a "virtual memory" was reconstructed from which Kohn could work. As such, Looking South is the view of New York harbor as seen from Tower Two through the eyes of Fiduciary employees and their families.
Unveiled in April 2004, the Looking South painting hangs within a four-story interior staircase in Fiduciary Trust's worldwide headquarters at 600 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Composed of four 10-foot square oil-on-canvas panels, the work rises 41 feet from the 4th to the 7th floor of the building.
The fact that today these works depict a view that can no longer be seen only enhances their importance, making them akin to an elegy to the visual experience that those who visited the World Trade Center beffore September 11, 2001, were so fortunate to have.
This print of Looking South was created using an archival ink jet process called Iris printing. It was made using water-based ink and so is sensitive to water. Care should be taken in its handling. It is number 272 in a series of 1000.
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