Eighty Second Street [working proof 11]

1993

Christopher Brown

Associated Names
Christopher Brown

Artist, American, born 1951

Renée Bott

Printer, American, active second half 20th century

The image displays intersecting lines forming a grid-like pattern resembling a crosswalk. Shapes resembling human figures are depicted in shades of blue and gray, with a central figure in a bold red garment. The lines and figures suggest movement in a busy street scene, capturing pedestrians navigating a city. The abstraction conveys the sight of people crossing the street, with each figure seemingly mid-motion in their unique path.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint and soft ground etching with white colored pencil additions on wove Somerset paper [working proof 11]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.1 × 25.2 cm (9 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 41 × 40.6 cm (16 1/8 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.132.171

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    [working proof 11]

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Not signed. Not dated. "#5" lower right margin, red colored pencill, unknown hand. "Brown: Eighty Second Street WP*11" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

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