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Note: title was given by General Services Administration for the purposes of labeling; Noble's orignal title is unknownWe see a house beside a calm body of water, bordered by trees and shoreline. Noble emphasizes tranquility and stability by placing…

A rural landscape near Kingston, NY is structured to guide a viewer's eye from foreground into the middle distance through a gently curving route or boundary line, creating depth by progressively reducing detail as the land recedes. The image relies…

New for Old is a color lithograph, showing buildings on a street and a crane-like machine. There are what looks like building materials next to the machine. The buildings’ proportions feel slightly off, just enough where they seem to bend a little.…

Construction of the swimming pool at Astoria Park, Queens was facilitated by funding from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), arriving just as Robert Moses became Commissioner of Parks for New York. Swimming in the East River at Hell Gate…

Three men are working in the yard of a cement and tar factory, located alongside a river; they lean into their work of moving large drums. There are small smokestacks on the building and tugs hauling barges in the background. Wilson uses asymmetrical…

At first glance, everything about Weissbuch's etching indicates rural squalor and decline. Fallen tree limbs and roughly cut stumps are scattered across the composition; even standing trees seem to be in a state of decay. The shed itself has been…

Old Glass Factory depicts a rural landscape featuring a small unconventional factory settled within a deep valley. In the foreground, a dirt path curves from the lower left corner of the piece, drawing the viewer's eye into the midground and focus of…