Back of Firemen's Hall
1934
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1934
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This sketch shows a quiet village scene in black and white. A small wooden building sits on the left, surrounded by bare trees and a few other houses in the distance. A frozen creek cuts across the foreground, with patches of snow and a few tall weeds poking through the ice. The artist focused on simple shapes and textures—rough wood, twisted branches, and smooth ice—to create depth. The title hints this might be a real place, but the details are left to your imagination. Check out *The Cleveland Museum of Art* to see more works like this.
