
Collection Online as of February 7, 2023
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(American, 1904–1967)
Lithograph
Support: Medium weight, mould-made wove paper
Platemark: 34.6 x 48.2 cm (13 5/8 x 19 in.); Sheet: 40.3 x 58.4 cm (15 7/8 x 23 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2006.114.3
Catalogue raisonné: Fine and Looney 143
Edition: 40
not on view
These unusual cross-section views of New York City imagine the daily commute in the big city as a beehive or ant colony that never stops. Morning is the subway commute, while Noon presents dock workers on break during a bustling lunch hour. Evening is back to the subway with the buses running overhead. And Night shows workers performing maintenance while others enjoy time off at a bar, only to start all over again the next day. Jammed with commuters both above and below street level, the series highlights the intermingling of strangers that animates urban life.