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Q: Wording on a Poster ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Wording on a Poster
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Visual Arts
Asked by: wannabnewyorker-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 13 Nov 2005 15:26 PST
Expires: 13 Dec 2005 15:26 PST
Question ID: 592577
Before I order it online I am trying to figure out what James
Blakeway's poster New York, New York - Series 2 says below the
picture.  I can not find it in person and none of the graphics on the
sites which sell it will enlarge big enough for me to read it.  HELP!
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Subject: Re: Wording on a Poster
Answered By: pinkfreud-ga on 13 Nov 2005 16:14 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
There are several slightly different versions of the text online.
Below are two of them, plus my own opinion of the actual wording.

"New York, New York - Series 2 This panoramic photograph of New York
was taken by James Blakeway. It features a twilight view of lower
Manhattan, an area known as the financial capitol of the United
States. The two tallest buildings is the World Trade Center with the
Hudson River in the foreground. To the right is Battery Park on the
tip of Manhattan from which ferries arrive and depart to various
destinations including the Statue of Liberty. New York, is often
called The Big Apple."

Art Barbarians: New York, New York - Series 2
http://www.artbarbarians.com/gallery2/main.asp?artist=63&mypage=11&pic=2010

"NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Series 2 
 Written on this piece:
'This panoramic photograph of New York was taken by James Blakeway. 
It features a twilight view of Lower Manhattan an area known as the
financial capitol of the United States.  The tallest buildings are the
World Trade Center with the Hudson River in the foreground.  To the
right is Battery Park, on the tip of Manhattan from which ferries
depart'."

Universal Art: TRIBUTE - NEW YORK CITY 
http://www.universalart.com/NYC%20Tribute.asp

As best I can discern, this is the actual text that appears on the poster:

"This panoramic photograph of New York was taken by James Blakeway. It
features a twilight view of lower Manhattan, an area known as the
financial capitol of the United States. The two tallest buildings are
the World Trade Center, with the Hudson River in the foreground. To
the right is Battery Park, on the tip of Manhattan from which ferries
arrive and depart."

If you look closely at the Art Barbarians image, it's evident that the
final words of the text are "arrive and depart." The portion of the
quote that mentions the Statue of Liberty and The Big Apple is not on
any of the images that I've seen online.

My Google search strategy began with an examination of the small,
indistinct images of the poster that I found online. I worked for
several years as a computer graphics artist, and I'm quite good at
deciphering fuzzy text. I thought I discerned the opening words of the
statement beneath the photo as "This panoramic photograph of New
York," so I tried this search string:

Google Web Search: "this panoramic photograph of new york" "by james
blakeway" "series 2"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22this+panoramic+photograph+of+new+york%22+%22by+james+blakeway%22+%22series+2%22

I hope this is precisely what you need. If it is not, or if anything
is unclear or incomplete, please request clarification; I'll gladly
offer further assistance before you rate my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud
wannabnewyorker-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
This is the first time I've used Google Answers, and I am thrilled
with the results.  Thank you for your quick and thorough response!  I
will definitely use the service again!

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