Name/Title
"Dorfman, David (NA) "Riverdale, NY (Railroad Tracks)"Entry/Object ID
2025.900.FA18144Tags
WatercolorDescription
Dorfman has painted what appears to be a commercial train track, heading away from the viewer of the painting towards a wooded area. A shadow cuts across from the right side of the painting, along with an informal path over the tracks. At first glance, you might feel like there are lines everywhere between the passenger bridge, the rusted steel bridge in front, the train tracks, and the telephone poles in the background. There aren't any vibrant colors; the color brown dominates the composition.Collection
Mt. Morris TB Hospital FAP CollectionCondition
Overall Condition
FairDate Examined
Jul 21, 2025Notes
1 hole lower right corner, stains/rips/folds/warping each corner/throughout entirelyRecommendations
needs frame/mat/glass, cleaningProvenance
Provenance Detail
Created under the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project (1930s–1940s), this collection of easel paintings was originally installed at the Mount Morris Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Livingston County, New York. Following the sanitorium’s closure in 1970, the artworks were abandoned and remained in storage until their rediscovery decades later. Now preserved and exhibited by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts (GVCA), the collection is housed at the New Deal Museum in Mount Morris. Current efforts include digitization, high-resolution photography, and the creation of an online archive to ensure long-term public access and research availability.General Notes
Note Type
Cataloging NoteNote
See the entry titled 'New Deal Collection Documents' for supporting documents, and general historic and research information.
