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Collections: American Art: City Scene

20:26 08/06/2008

It almost looks like those two girls are turning their heads away from that guy crowding in on the girl by the tree, as if it were shameful or illicit.

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City Scene

• Artist: William Glackens, American, 1870-1938
• Medium: Pastel on rust-colored reverse side of a wallpaper fragment
• Dates: ca. 1910
• Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 18 in. (31.1 x 45.7 cm) Framed: 23 1/8 x 29 1/8 in. (58.7 x 74 cm)
• Signature: Signed lower right: "W. Glackens"
• Collections: American Art
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 67.24.28
• Credit Line: Bequest of Laura L. Barnes
• Image: Overall, 67.24.28_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
William Glackens (American, 1870-1938). City Scene, ca. 1910. Pastel on rust-colored reverse side of a wallpaper fragment, 12 1/4 x 18 in. (31.1 x 45.7 cm) Framed: 23 1/8 x 29 1/8 in. (58.7 x 74 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Laura L. Barnes, 67.24.28 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.24.28_PS2.jpg)

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20:26 08/06/2008

It almost looks like those two girls are turning their heads away from that guy crowding in on the girl by the tree, as if it were shameful or illicit.

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