In this 1913 cartoon titled “Seeing New York with a Cubist,” a humorous scene unfolds. The illustration, published in ‘The Evening Sun,’ captures the chaos of a rush hour subway in New York City. The image satirizes Marcel Duchamp’s famous painting ‘Nude Descending a Staircase’ by portraying a comical situation titled ‘The Rude Descending a Staircase.’ The artist cleverly uses the principles of cubism to playfully exaggerate the busy and bustling atmosphere of the subway platform.

This cartoon offers a whimsical take on urban life and the avant-garde art movement of the time.