City Night

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Title

City Night

Subject

Buildings; Night; City; Moon

Description

This oil painting is a depiction of buildings in New York City using one point perspective. The dark deep blues in the night sky, blacks on the buildings in foreground, and bright whites coming from both the light and buildings in the background are skillfully contrasted.

Creator

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)

Born: November 15, 1887 (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA)
Died: March 6, 1986 (age 98 years) (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)

Source

3675, Visual Resources Library, EC

Date

1926

Rights

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Format

Art Form: Painting
Material: Oil on canvas
Measurements: 48 x 30 in. (121.9 x 76.2 cm)

Type

Modernism; American modernism; Precisionism; 20th Century