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Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Williamsburg

Creator: Mitchell Funk
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
In 1974, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. In this image, from Williamsburg, the distinctive Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building peeks its head out above other structures. The foreground is a double exposure of a lone car on a road. The road is from another location in New York and was pieced together to form a surrealist image. Funk's pioneering use of hyper-lighting unifies the foreground and background elements emphasising the skyline silhouette and the isolated car on an empty silver road. Fifty years after it's creation the image still holds up.

Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed. printed latiner, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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:	1950-1979
Materials:	Inkjet Archival Print
Condition:	Good. Excellent
Creation Date:	1974
Styles / Movements:	Conceptualism, Surrealism, Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	759398

Dimensions

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