Entrance to Lincoln Tunnel, Night-Time

1992

Not on view

Pearlstein, an artist renowned for his decades-long practice of painting the nude—male and female, solo or in company—has rarely depicted the landscape of the city he calls home. Here, he captures the nighttime vista from the window of his New York studio in the West Thirties, near the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel. In his typically inventive way, the artist calls attention to the construction of his composition—the red mullion of his window reminds us that we are looking through a deliberately framed view—just as the Mickey Mouse figurine at bottom right is a humorous reminder of the props of an artist’s practice.

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Title: Entrance to Lincoln Tunnel, Night-Time
Artist: Philip Pearlstein (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1924–2022 New York, New York)
Date: 1992
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 72 × 72 in. (182.9 × 182.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2019
Object Number: 2019.216
Rights and Reproduction: © Philip Pearlstein
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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