Corona Queens

1990

Madoka Takagi

Associated Names
Madoka Takagi

Artist, American, born Japan, 1956 - 2015

The image shows a ground-level view of an empty, desolate, and somewhat industrial street. There is a wide expanse of muddy ground with scattered debris and large puddles reflecting the surrounding structures. In the distance, several cranes with long, angular booms rise up, forming a faint horizon line. The scene extends toward a vanishing point where the road narrows. On either side, the street is flanked by chain-link fences and ramshackle buildings or storage units with sporadically placed street lights and utility poles. The color palette is monochromatic, in shades of gray.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on lightweight wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mitchell and Nancy Steir

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.2 x 24.2 cm (7 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 36.4 x 36.3 cm (14 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.163.13

  • Series Title

    New York 112

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Madoka Takagi, New York; (Solomon Fine Art, Monarch Beach, CA); Mitchell and Nancy Steir, New York; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by artist, across bottom in graphite: Corona Queens "New York" #112 1990 PRINT 1990 MADOKA TAKAGI

Wikidata ID

Q64157667

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