New York Skies at Night

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Artist Emilio Sanchez (American, born Cuba, 1921–1999)

Title New York Skies at Night

Date Late 1970s

Medium Watercolor on paper

Dimensions Image: 13 1/4 x 17 1/8 in. (33.7 x 43.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 17 1/8 in. (33.7 x 43.5 cm)

Credit Line Gift from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2011.110

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About this Work

Along with architecture, Emilio Sanchez was fascinated with the effects of weather. In this striking grisaille (black, white, and gray) composition, Sanchez directs our gaze upward to a ring of clouds encircling the moon. The straight, black silhouettes of skyscrapers provide a counterpoint to the organic forms of the clouds, suggesting that
we must look to the skies in order to find nature in a densely built city.

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October 11, 2011, Gift to the Indiana University Art Museum from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation

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