Alan Sonfist

Views of Manhattan
1980

Abstract aerial-view artwork with purple hues and orange accents, resembling a stylized city map.
Abstract aerial-view artwork with purple hues and orange accents, resembling a stylized city map.

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Date
1980

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photolithograph, pastel, and collage

Dimensions
Sheet: 28 1/4 × 28 3/4in. (71.8 × 73 cm) Image: 26 5/16 × 26 3/8in. (66.8 × 67 cm)

Accession number
93.122.11

Edition
AP | Ed. 100

Publication
Printed by Prestige Art Ltd.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Stephen L. and Linda G. Singer

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/42100

Part of a series:
Views of Manhattan
12 works

Abstract aerial view artwork with purple hues and blue smudges, featuring a city grid and three orange squares.
Abstract aerial-view artwork with purple hues and orange accents, resembling a stylized city map.
Aerial view of an urban area with a river running horizontally across the image, featuring a dense grid of streets and buildings, with color distortions that give the photograph a purple and blue hue.
Abstract aerial-view print of a city with purple hues and orange accents.
Overhead view of a city grid with purple hues and orange highlights, possibly an artistic map or altered image.
Aerial view of an urban area with a grid layout, showing dense building patterns and streets, intersected by a large body of water with docks and piers. The image has a purple hue overlay with some areas highlighted in orange.
Aerial view of a city grid with streets and buildings, highlighted by several bright orange squares.
Aerial view of a city grid with purple tint and orange highlights, featuring streets, buildings, and waterways.
Aerial view of a city grid with purple hue and orange highlights near bodies of water.
Aerial view of a dense city grid next to a body of water with a few green areas and notable landmarks.

Alan Sonfist
15 works in the collection

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