Corner of Whalley Avenue & Dayton Street, New Haven, Connecticut
PainterPainted by
Frederick Lester Sexton
(American, 1889 - 1975)
Date1920s
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in wood frame with burlap inset
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 20 x 24 1/8in. (50.8 x 61.3cm)
Frame (height x width): 27 5/8 x 31 5/8 x 2in. (70.2 x 80.3 x 5.1cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Michael Cohen
Object number2010.204.0
DescriptionAn automobile is on a snow-covered street. A woman stands on the street corner, and two men or boys are on the porch of a building at the intersection which may be either a house or a small store. Other houses or stores are at left and right. Piles of snow, leafless trees, and a fence line the street. Snow-covered hills are in the background.
NotesHistorical Note: The donor's paternal grandparents emigrated from the Ukraine at the turn of the 20th century. They sold fruit from a pushcart, and then opened a store, Mary Cohen's Market, at the corner of Whalley Avenue and Dayton Street, New Haven, Connecticut in 1902. The store was sold around 1968, becoming M&T Market. (Lee 6/14/2010)Status
Not on view
Frederick Stiles Jewett
Russell Cheney
Jurgan Frederick Huge
about 1865
