New York Street at Dusk

A New York City streetscape composed with blues and greys that suggests the end of the day. The streetlights glow as they ascend up a slight incline. A bridge off in the distance is visible as it shines against the blue sky. The sky is filled with white puffy clouds that encompass the top half of the artwork. The main street depicted travels diagonally across the bottom right corner. Another street intersects this one, where a trolley is traveling by. There is a bridge above this street where two trolley cars are traveling above the one below. The buildings lining the streets are composed in alternating colors of tan, navy, and grey. The buildings farthest away are well lit and create a stark contrast of yellow against the dark neighboring buildings. The composition only includes two far-away figures, a man and a woman. They stand silhouetted against the street corner, as they appear to be preparing to step into the intersection. The artwork is painted in oil on paperboard and is approximately 22 inches tall and 28 inches wide.

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Object Details

Artist

Louis Eilshemius, American, b. Arlington, New Jersey, 1864–1941

Provenance

The artist

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, by March 1964-17 May 1966

Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Exhibition History

IONA COLLAGE, New Rochelle, New York. "Creative Arts Festival for the Benefit of Channel 13," 1-4 April 1964.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Louis M. Eilshemius: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 November 1978-1 January 1979, no. 38. Tour: HERBERT F. JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART, Ithaca, New York, 3 February-18 March; LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM, Wausau, Wisconsin, 14 April-27 May; JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 23 June-19 August; SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Massachusetts, 29 September-11 November; FREDERICK S. WIGHT GALLERY, University of California, Los Angeles, 8 December-13 January 1979; DE YOUNG MUSEUM, San Francisco, 1 February-1 April.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Bridging the Century: Images of Bridges from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 11 March-12 May 1987, unpublished checklist, no. 14.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. Loan, June 1997-January 2001.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, New York. "Louis M. Eilshemius (1864-1911): An Independent Spirit," 19 September-11 November 2001.

Published References

KARLSTROM, PAUL. Louis Michel Eilshemius (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1978): fig. 136.

RICHARD, PAUL. "Beckoning Bridges: An Array of Imaes at the Hirshhorn," Washington Post (15 March 1987): F5.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Date

(c. 1908)

Accession Number

66.1763

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on paperboard mounted on fiberboard

Dimensions

22 1/8 x 28 1/8 in. (56.2 x 71.5 cm)

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Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py29fffd4ea-3dd9-43f1-9819-9cf96693f533

Record ID

hmsg_66.1763