Contemporary Art
Schwartz Art Collection
Schwartz Art Collection
James Romberger
(American, born 1958)
The Con Ed Building, 1990
James Romberger, The Con Ed Building, 1990, pastel on paper. 36 1/2 x 45 in., Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School
“This drawing depicts the Con Ed building on the northeast corner of 5th Street and Avenue A in Manhattan's Lower East Side, and the homeless people who lived around it in the early 90s...and [who] had chosen to live on the streets rather than deal with the NYC shelter system.”—James Romberger