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Waterfront by Francis Criss

Waterfront

Francis Criss · 1940

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Artist
Francis Criss
Date
1940
Location
Detroit Institute of Arts
ART MOVEMENTS
Precisionism
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THE ARTIST

Francis Criss

1901–1973 · United States

Precisionist painter who transformed New York's bridges and subways into haunting, human-less geometric dreams.

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