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Accession #	18.26
Artist	Jerome Myers
Title	The Old House
Date	ca. 1908-1915
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	24 7/8 x 29 15/16 in. (63.2 x 76 cm)
Signed	Signed lower right: "Jerome Myers. / NY 1915"
Credit Line	John B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Location	Visible Storage: Case 16, Screen I (Paintings)

Curatorial Remarks:

Jerome Myers's art is classified as Realism since he focused on the urban poor for his subject matter. Unlike many of his contemporaries, however, he refrained from making obvious political or social statements in his art and instead simply appreciated the visual excitement of New York s teeming streets. Myers wrote, "Curiously enough, my contemplation of these humble lives opened to me the doors of fancy. The factory clothes, the anxious faces disappeared