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Empire State Building Chats with Chrysler Building

Creator: Mitchell Funk
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
This highly dramatic photograph shows a dialog between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building as they appeared in 1998.
Photographer Mitchell Funk captures mid-town New York City illuminated in magical pink light. Missing are the new super-tall buildings that would have obscured a beautiful dialog between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building currently depicted. Who knows what they were chatting about? Perhaps: "it is good to the the biggest and tallest kids on the block" as the both majestically rise above the New York Skyline. This work, shot in 1998 on Kodachrome, pushes the boundaries of color in color photography
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, printed later, unframed. This work is printed on fine art Hahnemuhle paper. The color will vary from monitor to monitor. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time-Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, Fortune, New York Magazine and Life Magazine among others.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1980-1999
Materials:	Inkjet Archival Print
Condition:	Good. Excellent
Creation Date:	1998
Styles / Movements:	Color Field, Color, Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	758194

Dimensions

W.	29 in;	H.	43 in;
W.	73.66 cm;	H.	109.22 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.