Welcome to 42nd Street (Victory Theatre)
Date:
1968
Medium:
Oil on masonite
Dimensions:
32 x 24 in.
81.3 x 61.0 cm
81.3 x 61.0 cm
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Friends of Modern Art in honor of the Detroit Institute of Arts Centennial
Object number:
1985.30
Realistic painting of a theater marquee. Lighted three- panel sign announcing movies is topped by an angled yellow sign reading "Welcome to 42 St. The Worlds Greatest Movie Center". Signs are against a matte grey wall with clerestory windows at top. Two pedestrians, one seen from the back and one in profile, walk on the sidewalk under the marquee.
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