Glenn O. Coleman at Brooklyn Museum

Hurdy-Gurdy Ballet
lithograph, 1928
(http://www.ifpda.org/content/node/5281)
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In styles that range from straightforwardly realist to the fanciful and abstracting, Glenn O. Coleman devoted his paintings and prints to the portrayal of his adopted hometown of New York City (http://72.9.254.50/view/people/asitem/items$0040null:53/0).

Fort Lee Ferry
oil on canvas, 1923
(http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/384/Fort_Lee_Ferry#)
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The Bowery,
lithograph on wove paper, 1928
(http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1253/The_Bowery#)
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Third Avenue
lithograph on wove paper, 1928
(http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/87217/Third_Avenue#)
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Minetta Lane
lithograph on wove paper, 1928
(http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/87214/Minetta_Lane#)
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Minetta Lane is named for Minetta Brook, whose course it followed from Macdougal Street to the turn at Minetta Street. The name of the waterway was originally Mannette, an Algonquin word translated as "Devil," but presumably related to Manitou, or "Spirit." The Dutch reinterpreted the name as Mintje Kill, which roughly translates as "Little Teeny Stream."

The path that followed the stream was originally known as the Negroes' Causeway, serving an area where "partially freed" slaves were allowed to own land. The area was later known as Little Africa, home to many of New York City's emancipated blacks. In 1896, Stephen Crane wrote that Minetta Lane and Street had until recently been "two of the most enthusiastically murderous thoroughfares in the city." Today they are a surprising oasis of quiet in one of the noisier sections of the Village. (http://www.nysonglines.com/minettaln.htm)

(Brooklyn Museum)