A towering art-deco skyscraper rises between narrow city buildings, seen from a low street perspective.

Drawings

The Chrysler Building Under Construction

1931

Medium
Pen, brush and ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 9/16 × 16 1/16 in. (54.8 × 40.8 cm) Image: 20 1/2 × 14 11/16 in. (52.1 × 37.3 cm)
Accession number
78.17
Acquired
1978
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from Mrs. William A. Marsteller
Department
collection

About this work

Earl Horter, The Chrysler Building Under Construction, 1931. Pen, brush and ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and graphite pencil on paper, sheet: 21 9/16 × 16 1/16 in. (54.8 × 40.8 cm) Image: 20 1/2 × 14 11/16 in. (52.1 × 37.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Mrs. William A. Marsteller 78.17

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