Pot Cape Nod

1980

Henry Chalfant

Associated Names
Henry Chalfant

Artist, American, born 1940

This is a photograph of a subway train covered in graffiti. The image shows the side of a train car decorated with colorful spray-painted designs and tags. The background of the train car is light blue, with graffiti covering most of the surface in colors such as blue, white, red, green, yellow, black, and orange. The graffiti consists of large letters and various shapes, some outlined in black. The windows of the train car are darkened, and the doors have smaller tags and scribbles. The number "9545" is visible on the upper right section of the car, and one window shows route signs for "137 St B'way" and "SOUTH FERRY."
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Samuel A. and Sandra Esses, East Hampton, NY; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Henry Chalfant 4/25 '80; on verso of mount, by unknown hand, upper left in blue ink circled: 5; upper left: Pot Cape Nod; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower right in graphite: 2003.17.08

Wikidata ID

Q64155032

You may be interested in

Loading Results