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Manhattan, from the series Urban Landscapes 3

Artist/Maker (American, b. 1932)
Date1981
MediumSilkscreen
DimensionsImage: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 11/16 × 27 9/16 in. (50 × 70 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph R. Lasser
Edition84/250
PortfolioUrban Landscapes 3
Object number1982.109.3
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Richard EstesMore Information
Estes' hard-edged superrealism is an outgrowth of the immaculate clarity of Precisionist painters like Charles Demuth or Charles Sheeler. He exploits the interplay of reality and reflection inherent in the prismatic structures that define the depopulated urban landscape.
Exhibition History
Print Portfolios Since 1960
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 6, 1998 - December 20, 1998 )
Changing Visions of the North American Landscape
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 24, 2000 - January 28, 2001 )
Modern and Contemporary Realisms
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 6, 2013 - June 22, 2014 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary