"One Third of a Nation"
The Met
Artist: O. Louis Guglielmi(American (born Egypt), Cairo 1906–1956 Amagansett, New York)
Date: 1939
Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil and tempera on wood
Dimensions: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of New York City W. P. A., 1943
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Street corner with an orange building, white flowering vines, and rectangular shapes on the ground
Detailed Description
The scene depicts a street corner under a light blue sky with a few wispy white clouds. A tall, orange building with a teal cornice stands in the center, featuring multiple vertical, rectangular windows. A vine with white flowers and dark leaves wraps around the building's upper section, casting distinct shadows on the facade. To the left, a shorter, wider building with a brownish-orange facade and similar windows extends, its lower section painted a deep red. A small white building is partially visible further to the left. To the right of the central orange building, another building with a reddish-brown facade and vertical windows recedes into the background. The ground at the street corner is a muted beige and light blue, with areas of shadow. A teal-colored section forms the lower part of the central orange building's wall, from which a set of teal stairs ascends diagonally to the right. Several elongated rectangular shapes are scattered on the ground: one dark gray shape in the foreground to the left, and multiple brown shapes arranged to the right, some upright, some lying flat, all casting shadows.
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