Artist/Maker
Theodore Oscar Fraenkel
(American, 1857 – 1924)
Harlem River and Inwood Hill, new York City
1917
Place madeNew York, United States, North America
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Overall: 10 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (26.7 × 38.7 cm)
Gift of Theodore Oscar Fraenkel
1921.58
DescriptionCityscape: The view of the river and the Harlem Ship Canal looking west from the high ground west of Broadway at 225th street, showing the Johnson Foundry which was later obliterated by a recutting of the Ship Canal. Baker Field, owned by Columbia University, appears at the left, and in the far distance Inwood Hill, capped by the spire of the Episcopal House of Mercy.MarkingsSigned and dated: at lower left:"T. O. Fraenkel, 1917"
InscribedSigned and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "T O Fraenkel 1917"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
