New’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Chicago World's Fair, Working Drawings
New York Design Charette Team B American, 20th cen. Architects: Thomas Beeby (Chicago), John Hejduk (Cooper Union) Students: Wesley Jones (Harvard), Shayne O'Neill (Harvard), Jean Farquhar (Pennsylvania), Elizabeth O'Donnell (Cooper Union), William Griffin (Columbia)

Georgia O'Keeffe (B), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

ABC Office Building, New York, New York, Plan
Bertrand Goldberg American, 1913-1997

Portfolio Cover, from The New York Collection for Stockholm
Various artists Printer: Styria Studio (New York, N.Y.) American, 20th cen.

Italian Still Life (B), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th Street Movie Theater, from the portfolio "Harlem, U.S.A." (2005)
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, New York, Perspective
Bertrand Goldberg & Associates (American, circa 1952–1997) Zbigniew Z. Ciancara (American, 20th Cent.)

Coney Island
Joseph Delaney (American, 1904–1991)

Dieter Appelt (B), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Tassels
Nasca Nazca Valley, south coast, Peru

New York
Aaron Siskind American, 1903–1991

Jazz Bowl
Designed by Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906–2008) Cowan Pottery Studio (American, 1913–1931) Rocky River, Ohio

A Man in a Bowler Hat
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Chicago World's Fair, Postcard Drawings
New York Design Charette Team A American, 20th cen. Architects: Raul DeArmas (New York), Henry Cobb (Harvard), Laurence Booth (Chicago) Students: Ben Ledbetter (Harvard), Paul Danna (Harvard), Daniel Lau (Pennsylvania), Cary Davis (Cooper Union), Jarvis Wong (Columbia)

Barnett Newman (B), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Arshile Gorky & Wifredo Lam (B), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Dancers, New York
Roy DeCarava American, 1919–2009

A Woman Waiting in the Doorway
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Two Ladies at the Automat (New York City)
Diane Arbus American, 1923–1971

Optician's Shop Window (B), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009