Vincent Pinto

Mouth of the Gowanus Canal
(Red Hook, Brooklyn) watercolor, 14x20 (sold
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an archival print copy is available
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a version in oil paint on canvas is also available:
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This soaring and congested view of the Canal and Hamilton Avenue, and the F train overpass, gives proof in iron and steel of the commercial importance of Erie Basin in the past. The docksides and narrow waterway were probably as busy with traffic as any Manhattan street.

 

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