Broadway Restaurant
Artist
Grace Hartigan
(American, 1922 - 2008)
Date1957
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 79 × 62 3/4 inches (200.66 × 159.39 cm)
Credit LineGift of William T. Kemper
Object numberF57-56
Signedl.r.: "Hartigan 57"
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L2
Collections
DescriptionAbstract composition in strident hues, predominantly orange, of table- and chair-littered scene.Gallery LabelTypical of her expressionist style, Grace Hartigan used loose, gestural brushwork and vivid color to respond to the sights and sounds of Manhattan's Lower East Side, where she lived and worked. Frequently finding inspiration in the world around her, she transforms an ordinary diner into a blast of energy that straddles representation and abstraction. Tables and chairs morph into interlocking shapes of saturated hues arranged in a flattened perspective.
The year after she painted Broadway Restaurant, LIFE magazine called Hartigan "the most celebrated of the young American women painters."
Copyright© Grace Hartigan
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