Street Scene (New York)

1922

Jerome Myers

Associated Names
Jerome Myers

Artist, American, 1867 - 1940

This is a drawing of a tenement building with children playing outside. The scene features several children gathered on the front stoop of a brick building in an urban setting. The architecture includes a prominent arched doorway with detailed stonework, flanked by windows with shutters. A narrow pathway leads towards the building, with cobbled streets in the foreground. There is a stroller or pushcart near the sidewalk, and various figures are visible in the windows. The drawing reflects the early 20th-century urban life often captured by artists who focused on American cityscapes and their inhabitants.

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Inscribed: In plate: lower left, Jerome Myers 1922.
In pencil: lower right, Jerome Myers 22


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