George Benjamin Luks
Her Greeting
c. 1918
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George Benjamin Luks
Her Greeting
c. 1918
Physical Qualities
Opaque watercolor over graphite, Sheet: 104 x 122 mm. (4 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Blanche Adler
Object Number
1941.117
In 1912, George Luks moved from Greenwich Village to upper Manhattan near High Bridge Park, a site of genteel urban activities far removed from the downtown tenements he often illustrated. In this charming watercolor, Luks has taken a moment in the park to quickly record this young woman with her charge. The painting Knitting for the Soldiers, High Bridge Park, c. 1918 (collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art), shows a similar scene in which a group of ladies, prams nearby, are knitting hats and gloves for soldiers serving in World War I on a snowy winter day. Could the solitary woman in the BMA watercolor be knitting something to send to the war effort, or is she reading a letter from a loved one serving overseas?
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1941; Blanche Adler
BMA, "American Watercolors, 1900-1950, From the Museum Collection," 4 February - 27 April, 1986.
David Curry & Ann Shafer, BMA, "American Realism: Ashcan Artists," January 9-April 6, 2008.
David Curry & Ann Shafer, BMA, "American Realism: Ashcan Artists," January 9-April 6, 2008.
Inscribed: lower right in black ink: "George Luks"
