Riverside Church and Grant's Tomb

Artist Henry Sugimoto (American, 1900 - 1990)

Date1985

MediumOil, canvas

ClassificationsFine Arts

Credit LineGift of Estate of Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto

Object number2015.7.6

DescriptionUnstretched. Image of Riverside Church and Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Tomb in Manhattan, NY. In the lower right foreground, a small child plays with a dog on a gray walkway. At the bottom left corner, an artist (unidentified) paints with the easel facing the church. A row of trees (in brown and red) separate the bottom third of the painting with the church (gray) and tomb (white). The upper third is painted a reddish, orange sky with the lightest part of the sky directing the audience to the towering Riverside church.