Breadline, New York

1932

Clare Leighton

Associated Names
Clare Leighton

Artist, American, born England, 1898 - 1989

This is a print of a cityscape with tall buildings and illuminated signs. There are tall, overlapping skyscrapers in the distance, and on the left are signs labeled "Loans," "Seafood," "Candy," "Radio," and "Drugs." On the right there appears to be a raised bridge or train track. Near the bottom left corner, three people gather around a small fire. They wear dark jackets, pants, and hats, and have no visible facial features. Behind them, a line of identical people in coats and hats with their backs to us stretches into the distance towards the skyscrapers, separated from the elevated tracks by a wide white path. Surrounding the print is a border of off-white paper.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2017

  • The Urban Scene: 1920-1950, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1977

  • Fletcher, William D. Clare Leighton, An Exhibition: American Sheaves, English Seed Corn. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1977, p. 13, no. 198.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 15/100 Breadline, New York; lower right in graphite: Clare Leighton

Wikidata ID

Q76551286

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