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Boy in Corridor

Martin WongWW-1985-168605

1985·Acrylic on canvas·Overall: 12 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (31.1 × 41 cm)

<p>Martin Wong, <em>Boy in Corridor</em>, 1985. Acrylic on canvas, overall: 12 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (31.1 × 41 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Henry and Elaine Kaufman 2021.130</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: Overall: 12 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (31.1 × 41 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist: Martin Wong

Artist

Martin Wong

Painting

Martin Wong is an American painter known for large-scale, densely detailed canvases depicting urban facades, fire escapes, and street life in New York City. Working primarily in acrylic and oil, Wong rendered the texture and signage of tenement buildings and commercial storefronts with documentary precision and formal abstraction. His work emerged from the postwar period's engagement with vernacular architecture and the visual complexity of working-class neighborhoods.

Portland, OR, USA

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