New York Street Scene

1911

Jerome Myers

Associated Names
Jerome Myers

Artist, American, 1867 - 1940

This is a drawing of an urban street scene featuring a three-story building with balconies and a street lamp. Various architectural details are depicted, such as windows, doors, awnings, and laundry hanging from the balconies. Two figures are shown standing near a doorway. The pencil work captures textures of bricks, wood, and fabric, conveying a sense of age and vibrancy. The composition includes a street lamp as the focal point, along with street-level details like barrels and crates near the building entrance.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. E. Maurice Bloch, Los Angeles, California; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1960; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • The Common Touch, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980-1981, no. 32

2007

  • Impressionism, Realism, Modernism: Works on Paper from the American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 129, no. 871.

Inscriptions

right center in black chalk in the image: 27; lower right in graphite over pen and black ink: Jerome Myers 1911 / NY

Watermarks

center: BROWN BROS & CO / NEW YORK

Wikidata ID

Q64581660

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