New York of the Future c. 1925

Abraham Walkowitz made "New York of the Future" using graphite on paper. The way he's built this cityscape is so interesting – it’s all in these quick, jabbing marks. It’s like he’s not just drawing buildings, but also the energy, the rush, and the sheer volume of the city. Up close, you can see the texture, these smudges and scribbles that give it this raw, unfinished feel. Look at the bottom, the way those lines pile up – is it a street, a crowd, or just the city’s messy underbelly? It’s not precise, but it's full of feeling. I love how he captures the city’s chaos, its constant state of becoming. Walkowitz reminds me of someone like Marin, who was also trying to get at the feeling of a place, not just its surface. Art isn’t about perfect representation; it’s about digging into the messy, complicated truth of things.