A nearly square landscape with a bridge to our right and a person walking at the lower center is painted loosely in tones of pine, spruce, and sage green with a few touches of yellow, black, and brown. Along the bottom of the canvas, a walkway or road close to us leads back to blocky forms on either side of a gap, perhaps a staircase leading down or a walkway set below our level. Within that gap and shown from the thighs up on the far side of the dip, the person has light-toned skin and wears a dark coat and gray hat. They stoop as they walk to our left, facing that direction in profile.…
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High Bridge at Night, New York City

Ernest Lawson (American, born Canada, 1873 - 1939)

c. 1910/1920

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 63.5 × 76.2 cm (25 × 30 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Alice and Richard Schoen
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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