Visions of a New York City that are not too far away. Only yesterday, really. Max Arthur Cohn, painter. Living from 1903 to 1998, he was born in England but painted in America. One of the artists employed by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s.

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New York Street Scene. 1935. American. Oil on canvas. Max Arthur Cohn, painter (1903-1998). Signed MAX ARTHUR COHN on the lower right. Signed again and numbered 324 , dated and inscribed with the title on the stretcher. © Estate of the artist. Image © Bonhams 2001-2022. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27587/lot/35/max-arthur-cohn-1903-1998-new-york-street-scene-22-x-28-18-in-559-x-714-cm-painted-in-1935/

Washington Square. 1928. American. Oil on canvas. Max Arthur Cohn, painter (1903-1998). Signed MAX ARTHUR COHN on the lower left. © Estate of the artist. Image © Bonhams 2001-2022. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27587/lot/36/max-arthur-cohn-1903-1998-washington-square-20-18-x-24-18-in-511-x-613-cm-painted-in-1928/

New York City Scene. Undated, by 1998. American. Oil on canvasboard. Max Arthur Cohn, painter (1903-1998). Signed MAX ARTHUR COHN on the lower left. © Estate of the artist. Image © Bonhams 2001-2022. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27587/lot/37/max-arthur-cohn-1903-1998-new-york-city-scene-16-x-20-in-406-x-508-cm/

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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