Coney Island Wings I

1994

Not on view

Yvonne Jacquette creates dynamic compositions through unusual perspectives, heightened color, dramatic light, repetitive elements, and manipulated scale. Following a flight to California in 1969, the New York-based artist became interested in the particular vantage offered by an airplane and began to create the landscapes and cityscapes as seen from above; this perspective developed into a defining element of her art: the aerial view. In Coney Island Wings I the nocturnal view of the famous Brooklyn neighborhood is interrupted by a large airplane wing, positioning the viewer in space while dynamically juxtaposing the close-up with the far-away.

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Title: Coney Island Wings I
Artist: Yvonne Jacquette (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1934–2023 New York)
Date: 1994
Medium: Cut and pasted printed papers and pastel on paper
Dimensions: 17 1/8 × 14 in. (43.5 × 35.6 cm)
Classification: Works on Paper
Credit Line: Gift of Bruce and Donna Polichar, 2016
Object Number: 2016.777.1
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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