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New York exemplifies the precisionist, futurist style favored by Lozowick in the 1920s. Like works by other precisionist artists, this lithograph reduces the elements of a cityscape into simple…
The hotels designed by Morris Lapidus in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Fontainebleau, were pioneers of what came to be known as “Miami Modern” (MiMo), the signature style of resort hotels in…
[One] of the most evident features of New York photography has so far not been addressed by writers: the fact that, in every account, the great majority of the photographers concerned were or are Jews…
The writers of the radical press (also) have the full right to life, to be free, and to seek their fortune in—a bread line.
This painting dates to the early years of Walkowitz’s career, when he frequently painted New York cityscapes. Walkowitz’s cubist style was well suited to capturing the skyscrapers, elevated trains…
The Hand of Man appeared in the first issue of Alfred Stieglitz’s journal, Camera Work. Its title alludes both to the transformation of the natural world by humans and the capacity of humans to create…
A wall.
A blunt wall of human backs, arms, legs.
A gray bulwark with white round stains.
A defeated army in a cave, before maneuvers,
Waiting for doors to open.
Not cages unlatched, in uproar.
No…
Bruce Davidson took a series of photographs documenting the construction of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This one, with its dramatic, almost abstract composition, was taken in 1963, the year before…
In this photograph, Rebecca Lepkoff, known for her many photographs of the Lower East Side, turned her lens on a street scene in midtown Manhattan. As befitting her background in modern dance, there…
Mel:I’m not having an anxiety attack. I’m a little tense.Edna:Why don’t you take a Valium?Mel:I took one.Edna:Then take another one.Mel:I took another one. They don’t work any more. [He sits down…