Seeing the Elephant
Gift of the artist, 2013
Catalogue
- Year
- 1999
- Medium
- Inkjet print
- Dimensions
- Image: 2 5/8 × 13 7/16 in. (6.7 × 34.1 cm) Sheet: 3 5/8 × 13 15/16 in. (9.2 × 35.4 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Robert Longo
Artist
Painting
Robert Longo is an American artist, filmmaker, photographer and musician. Longo became first well known in the 1980s for his Men in the Cities drawing and print series, which depict sharply dressed men and women writhing in contorted emotion. He lives in New York and East Hampton.
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Men in the Cities (Eric)
1985 · Lithograph
Men in the Cities (Gretchen)
1985 · Lithograph
Untitled (Study for Pressure)
1983 · Graphite, watercolor, colored pencil, and acrylic on two sheets, double-sided
Pressure
1982 · Painted wood with lacquer finish, and charcoal, graphite, and ink on paper, in two parts
Men In The Cities: Final Life
1982 · Pencil on transparentized paper on paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Robert Longo
- Year
- 1999
- Medium
- Inkjet print
- Dimensions
- Image: 2 5/8 × 13 7/16 in. (6.7 × 34.1 cm) Sheet: 3 5/8 × 13 15/16 in. (9.2 × 35.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1999-000852
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified