Two Women Passing By Shop Window
Artist
Hsia Yan
(Chinese, born 1932)
Date1974
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 54 x 72 in. (137.2 x 182.9 cm)
ClassificationsContemporary art
Credit LineGift of Ivan C. Karp
Object number76.58.1
Terms
- Abstract
On View
On viewLabel TextYan Hsia Chinese, b. 1932 Two Women Passing by Shop Window, 1974 Oil on canvas Yan Hsia’s urban street scene asks viewers if they can tell a painting from a photograph. In this work, two figures pass a window display in an unknown city. The painting mimics a photograph with a faint, crisp outline of a car reflected in the shop window and the blurred figures in motion. The artist’s ability to execute in such laborious detail is a hallmark of photorealist painters. Gift of Ivan C. Karp 76.58.1
