About the Object
An abstracted view of a building under construction, this painting is part of a series inspired by a commission to document the construction of an office building. The building still stands at 100 Church Street in New York. This painting is one of two in the Collection from the series; the other painting, Construction #8 (VF2016.03.03), is horizontally oriented with a palette that features teal blue and white in addition to gray and black.
Additional Information
Three other works from the series are in public collections: Construction Steel, 1958, in the University of Cincinnati Art Collection, Construction #4 in the Tweed Museum of Art and Construction #5 in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
The Artist;
Gift to Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Freeman, Lexington, KY, 1961;
By descent to their son;
[Sotheby’s, New York, NY, March 14, 1996, lot 156];
Estate of the Artist;
[Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY];
Collection of Henry Kaufman, New York, NY;
[Andy Dintenfass, New York, NY];
[Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM];
Jan T. and Marica Vilcek Collection, New York, NY, 2007;
New York, NY. Grace Borgenicht Gallery. Ralston Crawford. October 28-November 15, 1958, np.,cat. no. 11.
Duluth, IA. Tweed Gallery. Ralston Crawford. May 1961, np., cat. no. 26.
Champaign, IL. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois. Ralston Crawford. February 6-27, 1966.
Tulsa, OK. Philbrook Museum of Art. American Galleries. June 2013-June 2014.
Tulsa, OK. Philbrook Museum of Art. From New York to New Mexico: Masterworks of American Modernism from the Vilcek Foundation Collection (February 8-May 3, 2015); Phoenix, AZ. Phoenix Art Museum (June 5-September 6, 2015); Santa Fe, NM. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (September 25, 2015-January 10, 2016).
Corpus Christi, TX. The Art Museum of South Texas. Masterpieces of American Modernism from the Vilcek Collection of American Art. September 13, 2018-January 6, 2019.
Haskell, Barbara. Ralston Crawford. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1985, p. 103, ill. p. 105, fig. 110.
Private Collection. Sotheby’s, New York. American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. March 14, 1996, lot 156.
Agee, William C. and Lewis Kachur. Masterpieces of American Modernism: From the Vilcek Collection. London: Merrell, 2013, pp. 162, 230-231, 242, 262, ill. p. 231.
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