Pastels in gorgeous blue tones of the City of New York. My late mother’s hometown, too. Leon Dolice, artist. Living from 1892 to 1960, he was born in Vienna but moved to New York City in 1912 where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.

Sunset, New York Harbor. ca. 1930. Austrian/American. Pastel on paper. Leon Dolice, artist (1892-1960). Signed on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2025 Swann Galleries. Fair use license. https://www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/leon-dolice-sunset-new-york-harbor-pastel-on-pape_26740c586c

Chrysler Building, New York City. 1940s. Austrian/American. Color pastels on stiff gray wove paper. Leon Dolice, artist (1892-1960). Signed on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © Peterborough Auctions. Fair use license. https://bid.peterboroughauctions.us/online-auctions/peterborough-auctions-llc/leon-dolice-1892—1960-chrysler-building-new-york-city-1940s-7171452

Brooklyn Bridge. ca. 1930-1940. Austrian/American. Pastel on paper. Leon Dolice, artist (1892-1960). Signed on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2025 Artsy. Fair use license. https://www.artsy.net/artwork/leon-dolice-brooklyn-bridge
New York Harbor Skyline at Twilight (Harmony). ca. 1930-1940. Austrian/American. Pastel on paper. Leon Dolice, artist (1892-1960). Signed on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © Lincoln Glenn. Fair use license. https://www.lincolnglenn.com/artists/64-leon-dolice/works/83-leon-dolice-new-york-harbor-skyline-at-twilight-harmony-circa-1930-40/
New York Harbor Nocturne. Undated, by 1960. Austrian/American. Pastel on paper. Leon Dolice, artist (1892-1960). Signed on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © Lincoln Glenn. Fair use license. https://www.lincolnglenn.com/artists/64-leon-dolice/works/3320-leon-dolice-new-york-harbor-nocturne/

Portraits of the Brooklyn Bridge in varying moods jazzed up and looking mighty fine. Italian-born American artist Joseph Stella, artist (1877-1946). Member of the Futurist and and American Precisionist movements.

"Old Brooklyn Bridge." ca. 1941.
“Old Brooklyn Bridge.” ca. 1941. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In the public domain. via https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/old-brooklyn-bridge-34351

"Brooklyn Bridge: Variation on an Old Theme." 1939.
“The Brooklyn Bridge: Variation on an Old Theme”. 1939. Image © Estate of the artist. Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Fair use license. via https://whitney.org/collection/works/2968

"Bridge." 1936.
“Bridge.” 1936. Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern art. Fair use license. https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Joseph_Stella/