Word: lined
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Landscape in etching has a fairly definite starting point. That is Durer's plate known as "The Cannon," shown in a fine impression. Remarkable in every way, it stands as the first pure landscape print, as an achievement in panoramic composition, as his last etching. It is all in line, individual strokes that build up the texture of the earth, even the tone...
...strange that such a penetration into a new field inspired other ventures in landscape. There comes Hendrik Goltzins, the engraver, whose two woodcut prints in great boldness of line, alone of all the early examples could be safely hung beside the strength of the "Cannon." There also was Augustin Hirschvogel, the etcher, whose print betrays the limited grasp of landscape forms in his day and there is Lautensack who loses himself in the struggle to record the whole tangle of a forest...
...linear method, but with constantly growing understanding of its limits, are the early Dutchmen, Zeeman and van Velde, who introduced the water of canals and the texture of buildings. Much better is Jacob Ruysdael, who brought into etching his mastery of tree forms and fields. Pure landscape, however, in line etching, seems finally attained by Claude Lorrain...
Eastern's system would be a magnificent addition to Transcontinental & Western Air, whose slim East-West line from New York to Los Angeles needs North-South feeders. Last month, therefore, John Hertz and his associates in Lehman Brothers offered to buy it for $3,250,000 ($1,000,000 cash, rest in notes). It so happens that North American Aviation is controlled by General Motors Corp. through ownership of nearly 30% of its stock. The various Hertz truck and bus lines are General Motors' valued customers and shrewd Financier Hertz knew G. M. would think twice before snubbing...
...Eastern's general manager, Eddie Rickenbacker has made it almost a one-man line. He well knew that this pleasant state would be unlikely to continue after a merger with TWA. He also knew that TWA is in anything but healthy financial shape. So he asked General Motors to stall for a few weeks while he hunted for other buyers. These he found in the Wall Street investment houses of Smith, Barney & Co. and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. When they agreed to put up $3,500,000 in cash, keep the line independent and give General Manager Rickenbacker complete operating...