Shadows, Spuyten Duyvil Hill
Even after he moved downtown from Washington Heights, Lawson continued to portray Manhattan’s upper reaches. In this canvas, he depicted the vicinity of Spuyten Duyvil Creek, a tidal strait that linked the Harlem and Hudson Rivers. (The creek was supplanted by a deeper ship canal in 1895 and filled in.) The area still conjured visions of New York’s colonial past, especially the pioneering explorations of Henry Hudson. Lawson revealed modern encroachments on a relatively rural part of the city by including a puffing steamboat, factory buildings, and clusters of small houses.
Artwork Details
- Title: Shadows, Spuyten Duyvil Hill
- Artist: Ernest Lawson (American (born Canada), Halifax 1873–1939 Miami, Florida)
- Date: ca. 1910
- Culture: American
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 30 x 40in. (76.2 x 101.6cm)
Framed: 37 1/8 x 47 x 2 1/2 in. (94.3 x 119.4 x 6.4 cm) - Credit Line: Gift of Diana and Arthur Altschul, 1992
- Object Number: 1992.234
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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