16th Street in the Rain (Washington, D.C.), (painting).

16th Street in the Rain (Washington, D.C.), (painting).

Knight, Paul R., b. 1894, painter.

16th Street in the Rain (Washington, D.C.), (painting).

Sixteenth Street in the Rain (Washington, D.C.), (painting).

Watercolor on paper.

18 3/16 x 21 5/8 in.

(Lower right:) Paul R. Knight signed

View looking down a rain-slicked city street, with figures walking down the sidewalks lined with street lights. On the left, a figure carrying an umbrella attempts to cross the street, but manages to get only half-way across. On the right, a church and an apartment building are silhouetted against the sky.

Cityscape -- District of Columbia -- Washington

Cityscape -- Weather -- Rain

Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- Apartment

Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Church

Dress -- Accessory -- Umbrella

Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20006 Accession Number: 49.67

"American drawings, watercolors, pastels and collages in the collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, c1983.

"American drawings, watercolors, pastels and collages in the collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, c1983, pg. 187.

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