A woman descends the subway stairs in “Late Traveler,” a 1949 drypoint etching by Martin Lewis.
It’s noirish and mysterious. I think we’ve all been this woman at some point or another, making our way through a quiet, lonely city in the dark.
“Late Traveler” is part of the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts. View a close-up of the etching here.
Tags: Detroit Institute of Arts, etchings of New York City, Martin Lewis, New York City in 1949, New York City subway scenes
Ephemeral New York 
October 20, 2010 at 5:25 am |
reminds me of a spot in Paris which more or less still looks the same
October 20, 2010 at 10:24 am |
I followed a woman just like her on 6th Avenue as she descended the subway stairs. But she was short skirted and asked if I knew where she could go dancing. I didn’t even have enough for a subway ride, which were 30 cents at the time, 1960s. She shook her head and threw her token in. I went back upstairs into the empty quiet streets. At least the area was nice and desolate in those days.
October 21, 2010 at 2:13 pm |
kiosks.
June 24, 2011 at 2:41 am |
Looks a bit like the current Astor Place station:
April 21, 2015 at 6:13 pm |
Is it possible to purchase a copy of this somewhere?