New York, New York

“The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and beauty in the world.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby”
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Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives | New York Ferry Boat
Hand-colored lithograph | The Met
George Luks | Horse Trolley, New York City | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Luks (American, 1866). Horse Trolley, New York City, 1908-10. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1958 (58.2.5)
Colin Campbell Cooper | View of New York City | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Colin Campbell Cooper (American, 1856). View of New York City. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Margaret and Raymond J. Horowitz, 1983 (1983.531)
Edward Hopper | Tables for Ladies | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edward Hopper (American, Nyack, New York 1882). Table for Ladies, 1930. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. George A. Hearn Fund, 1931 (31.62)
Jan Staller | Sutton Place, New York City | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jan Staller (American, 1952). Sutton Place, New York City, 1983. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of the artist, 1984 (1984.1018)
El Lissitzky | Runner in the City | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890). Runner in the City, ca. 1926. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.47)
Charles Magnus & Company | Broadway at 42nd Street, New York | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Charles Magnus & Company (New York, NY). Broadway at 42nd Street, New York, 1850-1900. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954 (54.90.1297)
Edward J. Steichen | The Flatiron | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edward J. Steichen (American, 1879–1973). The Flatiron, 1904, printed 1909. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1933 (33.43.39).
Edward J. Steichen | The Flatiron | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edward J. Steichen (American, 1879–1973). The Flatiron, 1904, printed 1909. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1933 (33.43.39).
Manhattan transfer / by John Dos Passos
Black cloth with paper onlays on front and back boards leaving the cloth of the spine visible and with corners cut off so as to resemble a half bound book, onlays printed with geometric, colorful cityscape and waterfront, image is cropped differently on front and back covers; title, author, and publisher printed in black on tan paper affixed to top of spine
Marcel Breuer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Marcel Breuer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art : November 30, 1972-January 14, 1973 / [text by Wolf von Eckardt] 1972 Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas J. Watson Library Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications #Architecture #Breuer #Facade #Brutalism
The Trie Cloister, arcades and garden court | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Digital Media Department. Metropolitan Museum of Art Images. #cloisters #metmuseum #photography #arches
Pavel Petrovich Svinin | New York City and Harbor from Weehawken | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pavel Petrovich Svinin (1787/88). New York City and Harbor from Weehawken, 1811-13. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1942 (42.95.5)