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 #7 (VF2015.05.17), is vertically oriented and has a palette that features red, tan and a slightly darker blue 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;
By descent to the Artist’s son, Robert Crawford;
Private Collection, Santa Barbara, CA;
[The Owings Gallery, Santa Fe, NM];
Jan T. and Marica Vilcek Collection, New York, NY, 2014-2016;
New York, NY. Grace Borgenicht Gallery. Ralston Crawford. October 28-November 15, 1958, np.,cat. no. 11.
New York, NY. Robert Miller Gallery. Ralston Crawford. [May] 1983.
Lawrenceville, NJ. Hutchins Gallery, Lawrenceville School. 2002.
New York, NY. Megan Moynihan Fine Art and Frank Riehlman Fine Art. Precise, Oblique. 2003.
Agee, William C. Ralston Crawford. Pasadena, CA: Twelve Tree Press, 1983, p. 16, ill. pl. 50.
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