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Rooftops

A work made of lithograph on cream wove paper.
© Phillip Chen

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  • A work made of lithograph on cream wove paper.

Date:

1976

Artist:

Phillip Chen
American, born 1953

About this artwork

Phillip Chen was born, raised, and educated in Chicago, attending SAIC for graduate school. Rooftops is one of several evocative night scenes that Chen created based on observations of the city at night madewhile riding what is now the Blue Line along Milwaukee Avenue. Like many graduates of SAIC, he studied and taught at Ox-Bow as well as at SAIC.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Phillip Chen

Title

Rooftops

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1976

Medium

Lithograph on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 38.2 × 58.5 cm (15 1/16 × 23 1/16 in.); Sheet: 41.7 × 61 cm (16 7/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Fried

Reference Number

1980.371

Copyright

© Phillip Chen

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