Artist/Maker
Caroline Van Hook Bean
(1879 - 1980)
Depicted
The New York Public Library
(American, founded 1895)
The New York Public Library Steps, New York City
1918
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Pastel, Conté crayon, gouache, charcoal, and watercolor on gray paper
Overall: 21 7/16 x 15 in. (54.5 x 38.1 cm)
New-York Historical Society
X.461
This is one of the artist's studies of New York City in wartime, 1918-1919.
DescriptionA United States Army Tank Corps display is on the steps.Markingssignature and date: lower right: "Caroline van Bean/August 1918"
inscription: lower left: "The Library Steps, 5th. Ave./August 1918."
InscribedSigned at lower right inside image in black pastel: "Caroline van H Bean"; inscribed at lower left inside image: "The Library Steps --5th ave / August 1918"; at lower right of center outside image: "2[encircled]"; at lower center outside image: " -- 2v --"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Charles-Balthazar-Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin
1804
1860.93
Charles-Balthazar-Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin
1807
1860.91
Charles-Balthazar-Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin
1804
1860.92
