Lake Erie Shoreway 1952

"Lake Erie Shoreway" is a 1952 oil on canvas painting by American artist Carl Gaertner. The black and white landscape depicts a snowy shoreline along Lake Erie, a solitary house, and figures in the distance. The painting's stark simplicity and focus on light and shadow are characteristic of Gaertner's style, which often drew inspiration from the natural world. The painting is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.