Street Cleaners, Washington Square
c. 1910
William James Glackens captures a bustling winter day in New York City's Washington Square Park, where the iconic arch glows warmly against the chilly, overcast sky. In the foreground, street cleaners are hard at work hosing down the slushy streets, while a stylish woman in a yellow coat strolls past the park's iron fence. As a leading figure of the Ashcan School, Glackens loved painting everyday urban life, turning a mundane street cleaning scene into a vibrant, energetic snapshot of early 20th-century Manhattan.
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