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Celebrating American art and artists
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Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

East Side, New York

Sir Muirhead Bone

Associated Names

Muirhead Bone

Artist, Scottish, 1876 - 1953

The image shows a cityscape from a high vantage point, focusing on densely packed buildings with laundry lines strung across. The buildings have box-like shapes and flat rooftops. It is a fine line drawing with precise linear techniques for detail. The color palette is black and white. There are birds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

overall: 25.4 x 15.8 cm (10 x 6 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.1588

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right below image: Muirhead Bone / East Side; in later hand, across bottom: "East Side," New York; lower left verso: WC 1715 / c 4668

Wikidata ID

Q64632373

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