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The Street

1917

George Bellows

(American, 1882–1925)
Culture
America
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
Platemark: 48.3 x 38.5 cm (19 x 15 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65.4 x 48 cm (25 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1936.547
Catalogue raisonné
Mason 47
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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The Third Avenue Elevated train seen in this print, constructed in 1878, covered the length of the Bowery in New York until its closure starting in 1950.

Description

Tenement dwellers on the Lower East Side of Manhattan spent much of their time on their stoops or in the street socializing, eating, playing, or otherwise escaping their cramped living spaces. Here, the elevated train makes the crowded street feel especially claustrophobic. A woman scolds a barefoot street urchin before a curious audience in the center of the activity. In the foreground, two young women stand out in their gleaming white outfits amid the endless gray tones of the crowd. As ready-to-wear fashions became increasingly available, women of every class could go out on the town sporting the latest styles.
A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink on beige paper depicts a city street crowded with people. In the foreground, two women in light dresses and hats walk forward, while a child stands nearby, seen from the back. Behind them, a crowd huddles under a dark, arched metal structure. Figures lean from the windows of brick buildings in the background. Heavy cross-hatch shading creates a stark contrast between bright highlights and deep shadows.

The Street

1917

George Bellows

(American, 1882–1925)
America

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