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New York Night, No. 2 by George Ault

New York Night, No. 2

George Ault · 1921

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DETAILS
Artist
George Ault
Date
1921
Location
The Vilcek Foundation
ART MOVEMENTS
Precisionism
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THE ARTIST

George Ault

1891–1948 · United States

Precisionist painter who called skyscrapers 'tombstones of capitalism' and painted haunting nocturnes in poverty.

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