A visual love letter to New York City that celebrates 130 works of art depicting various aspects of the iconic City. Scenes of New York City celebrates the iconic City through 130 works of art. The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection is at once a collection of individual works by talented artists from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a series of vivid "snapshots" of the iconic city, and a tapestry weaving a narrative of Gotham's vibrant history. The catalogue features an introductory essay covering the sweeping history of New York City, an interview with the collector Elie Hirschfeld, and 110 scholarly entries about the 130 works. These fascinating celebrations of New York City - paintings, watercolours, drawings, prints, and sculpture whose strength lies in the twentieth century - include 113 works by 82 American and European artists not currently represented in the collection. They expand the Museum's holdings in the modern era and help to diversify them, adding numerous works by artists including Georgia O'Keeffe, Isabel Bishop, Louise Nevelson, Jacob Lawrence, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, George Grosz, Marc Chagall and Fernand Léger, among many others.
