LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

27.01 in. (68.60 cm.) (height) by 48.74 in. (123.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed

Exhibited:

Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Osaka, The Museum of Art, Kintetsu; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Richard Estes, July - October 1990, cat. no. 36, p. 48, illustrated in color. Portland Museum of Art, Richard Estes: Urban Landscapes, May - July 1991. New York, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, Richard Estes: Paintings 1967-1993, May - July 1994. Savannah College of Art and Design, Exhibit A Gallery, Photorealists, October - November 1997, p. 21, illustrated. Seoul, Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Illusion and Reality: Hyperrealism Painting in Korea and America, March - April 2001, p. 71, illustrated. Aarhus Kunstmuseum, This is America: American Photorealists, September - November 2001, pp. 48-49, illustrated. Boca Raton Museum of Art, Shock of the Real: Photorealism Revisted, December 2008 - March 2009

Literature:

Louis K. Meisel, Richard Estes: The Complete Paintings 1966-1985, New York, 1986, p. 128, illustrated. Louis K. Meisel, Photorealism Since 1980, New York, 1993, pl. 551, p. 181, illustrated in color. Carsten Grubach, "Det er altsa ogsa Amerika," Jydske Vestkysten, August 22, 2001, illustrated. Mette Sandbye, "Spejlverdener," Weekend Avisen, August 28, 2001, illustrated. Abraham Broderson, "Den uvirkelige virkelighed," Politiken, August 31, 2001, illustrated. Max Melgaard, "Jamen det er jo Amerika," Nordjyske Stiftstidende, October 2, 2001, illustrated. "Nej, Det er Ikke et Fotografi," Arhus/Onsdag, October 3, 2001 illustrated

Provenance:

Private Collection, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1989). Christie's, New York, May 14, 2002, lot 37. Acquired by the present owner from the above sale