The Chinese in New York - Scene in a Baxter Street Club-House
The Chinese in New York - Scene in a Baxter Street Club-House
Artist
Winslow Homer
(American, 1836-1910)
Date1874
DimensionsOverall: 16 9/16 x 11 in. (42 x 28 cm)
MediumWoodengraving and letterpress
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Fred Steele, Mrs. Dean Corbett, and Mrs. George Seney in memory of their mother, Mrs. James R. Easton
Object number
1981.82
Not on View
Collections
Exhibition History- Works on Paper
Toledo Museum of Art, Satire Show, March 17-June 25, 2006.
Toledo Museum of Art, Prints and Authors from the Time of Manet, Sept. 13, 2012-Jan. 13, 2013.
Toledo Musuem of Art, Fun and Games: The Pursuit of Leisure, Jun. 27-Sept. 21, 2014.
Label TextWinslow Homer, perhaps best known for his dramatic paintings of the sea, began his career as a designer of wood engravings for books and magazines such as Harper’s Weekly. Homer was a sharp observer of city life, and his favorite subjects were urban street scenes and social gatherings. Though he frequently depicted minorities with sympathy and dignity, Homer here drew on negative racial stereotypes to depict Chinese immigrants in New York City, suggesting a seamy underworld of drugs and gambling.
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