Street Corner
Gregorio Prestopino, Street Corner, 1935, oil on canvas, Allocated by the U.S. Government, Commissioned through New Deal art projects, public domain, L43.6.5
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- Title
Street Corner
- Artist
- Date
1935
- Medium
oil on canvas
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
22 1/4 in x 15 1/4 in
- Collection Area
American Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Allocated by the U.S. Government, Commissioned through New Deal art projects
- Accession Number
L43.6.5
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Created as part of the Works Progress Administration, Street Corner, tapped into the strain of social realism and commentary popular in America during the Great Depression. Prestopino's works from this period depicted subjects such as street life, prisons, and conditions in New York's Harlem neighborhood. His use of simplified forms—often outlined in black and a limited palette of color—focus the viewer's attention on the subject matter rather than technique. As a painting instructor at the New School for Social Research in New York, Prestopino passed on both his methods and his social-activist consciousness to successive generations.