{"title":"Chicago, 1931","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwelve views of Chicago, made in a single year by a man who had spent thirty years etching the old cities of Europe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan came to Chicago in 1931 and cut nine plates and three sheets of the newest city in the world — the canyons at dusk, the avenue under cloud, a lit tower over the river at night. He signed and dated them in the copper. The museum that holds them records no date, no medium and no measurements for a single one.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maclaughlan-frontispiece-print","title":"Donald Shaw MacLaughlan — Frontispiece","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe title page of the portfolio, and the only sheet that says what the whole thing is.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo columns and an arch frame the skyline; on the steps below, a young man leans against the parapet and a woman sits at his feet. Cut into the plate above them, in the artist's own lettering: \u003cb\u003eTEN ETCHED PLATES OF CHICAGO\u003c\/b\u003e, and below, \u003cb\u003eBY DONALD SHAW MacLAUGHLAN\u003c\/b\u003e. It is the frontispiece to the 1931 portfolio — the sheet that declares the set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the plates of \u003cem\u003eTen Etched Plates of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, the portfolio MacLaughlan made in 1931. The Smithsonian holds eight of the ten plus the frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eFrontispiece\u003c\/em\u003e, etching, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.78. Public domain (CC0).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Architectural etching of Chicago by Donald Shaw MacLaughlan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49073015357540,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49073015390308,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49073015423076,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49073015455844,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/maclaughlan-frontispiece-print-01-mockup.jpg?v=1790376660"},{"product_id":"maclaughlan-the-heart-of-chicago-evening-print","title":"Donald Shaw MacLaughlan — The Heart of Chicago (Evening)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe street closes over you and at the far end, very small, a figure stands on a dome.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe strongest plate of the twelve. A canyon of buildings at dusk, drawn from the middle of the roadway, with cars parked along both kerbs and the crowd reduced to marks. At the end of the corridor a domed tower catches the last of the light, and on top of it a single standing figure. The sky is the only empty space in the sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the plates of \u003cem\u003eTen Etched Plates of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, the portfolio MacLaughlan made in 1931. The Smithsonian holds eight of the ten plus the frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eThe Heart of Chicago (Evening)\u003c\/em\u003e, etching, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.82. Public domain (CC0).\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0;border-top:1px solid #e0d7ca;padding-top:14px\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/the-archive\/chicago-1931-the-only-date-is-the-one-he-cut-himself\" style=\"font-family:Ciutadella,sans-serif;font-weight:600;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#5c5344;text-decoration:none\"\u003eRead this piece in The Archive →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mtr-theme\" style=\"font-family:'Ciutadella',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em;color:#8a8075;margin:14px 0 0\"\u003eTheme: Architectural etching of Chicago by Donald Shaw MacLaughlan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Métrica","offers":[{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A3","offer_id":49073015554148,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A3","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A3","offer_id":49073015586916,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A3","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Matte \/ A2","offer_id":49073015619684,"sku":"GLOBAL-FAP-A2","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Giclée \/ A2","offer_id":49073015652452,"sku":"GLOBAL-HPR-A2","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2202\/3012\/files\/maclaughlan-the-heart-of-chicago-evening-print-01-mockup.jpg?v=1790376693"},{"product_id":"maclaughlan-monroe-street-print","title":"Donald Shaw MacLaughlan — Monroe Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAwnings, shopfronts, a clock on a bracket — and the artist's signature cut into the plate.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe document\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA working street rather than a monument: awnings out, signs hung across the pavement, a clock projecting on its bracket, cars nosed in at the kerb and people crossing. In the lower right, drawn into the copper in the artist's hand, \u003cb\u003eD S MacLaughlan · 1931\u003c\/b\u003e — the date the museum record does not have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the plates of \u003cem\u003eTen Etched Plates of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, the portfolio MacLaughlan made in 1931. The Smithsonian holds eight of the ten plus the frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eMonroe Street\u003c\/em\u003e, etching, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.85. 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MacLaughlan signed and dated this plate too: \u003cb\u003eD S MacLaughlan 1931\u003c\/b\u003e, cut in at the lower left above the shopfronts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the plates of \u003cem\u003eTen Etched Plates of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, the portfolio MacLaughlan made in 1931. The Smithsonian holds eight of the ten plus the frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eThe Cathedral\u003c\/em\u003e, etching, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.80. 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After eleven sheets of traffic and towers this one has air in it — the only plate in the portfolio where the buildings are not pressing in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the plates of \u003cem\u003eTen Etched Plates of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, the portfolio MacLaughlan made in 1931. The Smithsonian holds eight of the ten plus the frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eThe Chapel\u003c\/em\u003e, etching, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.79. 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MacLaughlan drew it from the water side, so the buildings read as two piers of a gate rather than as a street. The smoke going sideways across the sky is his, not the weather's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the plates of \u003cem\u003eTen Etched Plates of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, the portfolio MacLaughlan made in 1931. The Smithsonian holds eight of the ten plus the frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eThe Gateway\u003c\/em\u003e, etching, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.81. 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Light is used sparingly: the sheet is mostly line, and the sky is left almost bare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the plates of \u003cem\u003eTen Etched Plates of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, the portfolio MacLaughlan made in 1931. The Smithsonian holds eight of the ten plus the frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eMichigan Avenue no. 1\u003c\/em\u003e, etching, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.83. 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The street itself is almost empty. Together the two sheets make a pair, which is how they are numbered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the plates of \u003cem\u003eTen Etched Plates of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, the portfolio MacLaughlan made in 1931. The Smithsonian holds eight of the ten plus the frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eMichigan Avenue no. 2\u003c\/em\u003e, etching, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.84. 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The plate is inked almost solid, the bridge and the embankment are barely readable, and one tower stands lit at the centre with the glow spreading out into the sky. Everything else is held back so that it can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the plates of \u003cem\u003eTen Etched Plates of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, the portfolio MacLaughlan made in 1931. The Smithsonian holds eight of the ten plus the frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eThe Wacker Drive\u003c\/em\u003e, etching, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.86. 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The skyline stands against a deep blue-black sky, the towers washed in ochre, rose and green, and the lit windows put in one by one. Nothing else MacLaughlan made in Chicago looks remotely like it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sheet is one of three works on paper that came with the portfolio but are not part of it: the museum catalogues them as drawings, not prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eLondon Guaranty Building\u003c\/em\u003e, watercolour over graphite, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.18. 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It is the view from an upper window rather than a composed street scene, and it is signed and dated in the lower right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sheet is one of three works on paper that came with the portfolio but are not part of it: the museum catalogues them as drawings, not prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eRooftops near Allerton House\u003c\/em\u003e, watercolour over graphite, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.19. 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The elevated railway crosses the middle of the drawing on its steel structure, cars stand beneath it and the buildings are laid in with a hard, even line. A working drawing, kept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sheet is one of three works on paper that came with the portfolio but are not part of it: the museum catalogues them as drawings, not prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and died in Marrakesh. He spent three decades etching the old cities of Europe — Rouen, Venice, Paris — and in Chicago he was represented by the Albert Roullier Art Galleries. In 1931, at fifty-five, he made twelve views of Chicago. The following year he took a prize at the Society of Etchers annual in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted to order and made to last. Choose \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Matte\u003c\/strong\u003e (heavyweight matte art paper) or \u003cstrong\u003eFine Art Giclée\u003c\/strong\u003e (Hahnemühle cotton paper — the archival standard). The Métrica museum caption — artist, title, date and source — is printed \u003cem\u003eas part of the piece\u003c\/em\u003e, set in our house type. Free US shipping on two or more pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#6b5c4e;\"\u003eDonald Shaw MacLaughlan · \u003cem\u003eNorth Dearborn Street\u003c\/em\u003e, graphite, 1931. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.85.17. 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