Woodcut35 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (90.4 x 59.7 cm)
Edition of 75
Chrysler Building Flanked by High Rise Buildings II is a strikingly linear depiction of Midtown Manhattan architecture. Jacquette studied the
udied the building from a 20th-floor penthouse on East 37th Street. Combining gridded line work with varied grooves and notches, this latest woodcut is a powerful rendering of structure, light, and reflection. Rendered during twilight, the print plays with the language of New York through the vocabulary of lines, dashes, and cuts that Jacquette has built. A surprising view of the Chrysler building, this print is one of three images Jacquette completed in 2009 looking up at her subjects. This shift in perspective is one that Jacquette has been exploring as she is increasingly interested in being in the middle of a view. Like the majority of her woodcuts, which Jacquette typically spends a year or more hand-cutting, it is printed in black ink on Japanese Okawara paper. She prefers this material for its natural contrast and ability to smoothly absorb the dense ink.
Chrysler Building Flanked by High Rise Buildings II debuted in 2009 during “Yvonne Jacquette: The Complete Woodcuts: 1987-2009,” the artist’s first solo exhibition, at Mary Ryan Gallery before traveling to the Springfield Museum of Art, MO. It is included in the catalogue raisonné of Jacquette’s woodcuts, which accompanied the exhibition.
Published by Mary Ryan Gallery.
Chrysler Building Flanked by High Rise Buildings II debuted in 2009 during “Yvonne Jacquette: The Complete Woodcuts: 1987-2009,” the artist’s first solo exhibition, at Mary Ryan Gallery before traveling to the Springfield Museum of Art, MO. It is included in the catalogue raisonné of Jacquette’s woodcuts, which accompanied the exhibition.
Published by Mary Ryan Gallery.