Francis Criss

Sixth Avenue El

c. 1937

Multicolored buildings, vibrant and precise, including a geometric staircase up to an elevated walkway
Multicolored buildings, vibrant and precise, including a geometric staircase up to an elevated walkway

Francis Criss, Sixth Avenue El, c. 1937. Oil on canvas, overall: 36 1/4 × 41 11/16 in. (92.1 × 105.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Felicia Meyer Marsh Purchase Fund 82.1. With the permission of the estate of Francis Criss

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Date
c. 1937

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 36 1/4 × 41 11/16 in. (92.1 × 105.9 cm)

Accession number
82.1

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Felicia Meyer Marsh Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
With the permission of the estate of Francis Criss

API
artworks/1806



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