In the Subway

1921

Current Collection

Cleveland, United States

Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: 21.4 × 17.8 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-208324

Public transportation offered one of the various forms of entertainment to be had in the city: people watching. Here, George Bellows captured an amorous couple in a jolly mood who smile across the aisle at other travelers on a night out. The first subway line in New York City, from City Hall in lower Manhattan to Harlem, opened in 1904. By 1920, there were three lines covering the city’s outer boroughs and both sides of Manhattan. For five cents each, couples could go almost anywhere in the city for a night out on the town.

Provenance

Hanna Jr., 1937.502

Registry history

1921 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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