“New York in Transit” (2001)

“New York in Transit” (2001)

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Topic 4.10

Jacob Lawrence, “New York in Transit” (2001)

A color photograph of an impressionist, multicolored mosaic mural of people on a subway train in the background, with beams holding up the ceiling of a subway station in the foreground.


New York in Transit (2001) © Jacob Lawrence, NYCT Times Sq–42 St. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Photo: Rob Wilson.

“New York in Transit” was Jacob Lawrence’s last public work, and in it, he evoked city life as seen from an elevated train. Learn more about this piece and view more photographs on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority website.