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New York

Date1934
Object PlaceNew York, United States, North America
MediumWatercolor on cream wove paper
ClassificationsDrawings
Dimensions16 3/4 × 23 1/2 inches (42.55 × 59.69 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lillian Henkel Haass
Object number34.162
DescriptionCityscape showing tops of buildings, smoke. In lower left foreground edge of roof cuts across corner. In the middle ground upper levels of brownstones recede from right to left. Several builings have signs: "CHOP SUEY", "LOANS" among them. Church steeple partially visible at left. In the background skyscrapers rise to top of composition, small areas of dark sky visible behind them.
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Locations
  • Storage - Long-term   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Prints, Drawings, Photographs, Drawings, Box 4
ProvenanceGeorge Grosz, New York; Mrs. Lillian Henkel Haass