Street Scene (New York)

Jerome Myers

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a tenement building with children playing outside. The scene features several children gathered on the front stoop of a brick building in an urban setting. The architecture includes a prominent arched doorway with detailed stonework, flanked by windows with shutters. A narrow pathway leads towards the building, with cobbled streets in the foreground. There is a stroller or pushcart near the sidewalk, and various figures are visible in the windows. The drawing reflects the early 20th-century urban life often captured by artists who focused on American cityscapes and their inhabitants.