Fire Off Third Avenue
Julius Tanzer American
Publisher WPA
Not on view
Working in New York during the Depression, Tanzer produced lithographs for the Works Progress Administration. In this nighttime view of a raging fire, he chose a high vantage point, looking across train tracks then down a deserted street, over an elevated train station, and past a church and bridge before reaching billowing smoke and shooting flames. Small figures peering around a roof in the left foreground humanize the tragedy and convey anxiety. Using monochrome, the artist skillfully reserved part of the paper to indicate bright flames.
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