A winter twilight in the snow on 57th Street

This is 57th Street in 1902, painted by Robert Henri, whose Ashcan School work depicted a moody New York in all of its grit and glory.


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Could the cross street with the elevated train be Sixth Avenue? It would have been close to the Art Students League, where Henri taught.

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Published on February 11, 2018 22:34
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