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Growing City

A large and vibrantly colored abstract painting. The abstract shapes in muted orange, purple, green, and blue suggest a cityscape amongst mountains and trees.

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  • A large and vibrantly colored abstract painting. The abstract shapes in muted orange, purple, green, and blue suggest a cityscape amongst mountains and trees.

Date:

1956

Artist:

Eleanor Coen
American, 1916-2010

About this artwork

Status

On View, Ryerson Library Reading Room

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Eleanor Coen

Title

Growing City

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1956

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

106.6 × 127.3 cm (42 × 50 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize Fund

Reference Number

1957.631

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