"View of Crisler Building from back of 42 Library"

Artist Henry Sugimoto (American, 1900 - 1990)

Date1975

MediumOil, canvas

ClassificationsFine Arts

Credit LineGift of Estate of Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto

Object number2015.7.52

DescriptionUnstretched. Image of a street in New York with a view of the Chrysler building in the background. The image uses dark, muted brown, purple, and grays; two buildings frame the street that leads into a small park with trees and a low building. In the background, the Chrysler Building and two other skyscrapers can be seen above the clearing. The image uses shadowing and perspective to show how the viewer is positioned in the shade of a building looking beyond the street.