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Across the Strip

1929
oil on canvas
32 1/4 x 34 1/4 in.

The Phillips Collection

Washington, D.C.

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A poor area of Pittsburgh popularly known as “The Strip” became Kane's home in 1929. Before this time he had focused on the city's industrial landscape. Across the Strip, painted the year of Kane’s move, depicts daily activity in the rundown district, complete with produce yards, factories and mills surrounded by the Pennsylvania Railroad and...
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Blowing Bubbles

1931
oil on canvas
10 1/8 x 12 in.

The Phillips Collection

Washington, D.C.

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Bust of a Highlander (Bust of a Scot)

ca. 1925
oil on canvas
34 1/8 x 24 1/4 in. (86.68 x 61.6 cm)

Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee, WI

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From My Studio Window

1932
oil on canvas
22 3/8 x 34 3/8 in. (56.8 x 87.3 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

notes
A view looking down from the window of the artist's studio located at 1700 Fifth Avenue in Pittsburgh. The space is compressed to include not only the row of shops on the opposite side of the street, but also the buildings on the next block down the street. In the foreground, horse-drawn wagons, delivery trucks, and trolleys travel up and down the...
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Lassie in Kilts

Before 1934
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
15 1/8 X 11 7/16 IN. (38.3 X 29.0 CM.)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C.

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Liberty Bridge, Pittsburgh

1932
oil on canvas
28 in. x 33 5/8 in. (71.12 cm x 85.41 cm)

Addison Gallery of Art

Andover, MA

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My Daughter and Grandchild

c. 1931-1932
oil on canvas
23 1/4 x 27 1/8 in. (59.0 x 68.9 cm)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C.

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The Monongahela River Valley, Pennsylvania

1931
oil on canvas
28 x 38 in. (71.1 x 96.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

notes
"The Monongahela River Valley, Pennsylvania" is one of several paintings by Kane that celebrate the ever-growing industrialization of the American landscape during the 1930s. He was intimately acquainted with Pittsburgh's heavy industries, having worked for both the steel industry and the railroad. Despite the loss of part of a leg in a...
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The Old Elm

ca. 1927–28
oil on canvas
21 1/8 x 25 in. (53.7 x 63.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

notes
A landscape depicting a Victorian house standing beside a large elm tree with it's leafy branches silhouetted against the sky. A diagonal path across the lawn leads to the front door of the house. Behind the house there is a dense wooded area, and the far distance small houses cover the hillside.
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Turtle Creek Valley, No. 2

1932
oil on canvas
34 1/8 x 44 1/8 in.

Wichita Art Museum

Wichita, KS

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