Phillip Chen
American, born 1953
Rooftops
INV-6053
Phillip Chen
American, born 19531976
lithographprint
Date
1976
Medium
Lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 38.2 × 58.5 cm (15 1/16 × 23 1/16 in.); Sheet: 41.7 × 61 cm (16 7/16 × 24 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Fried
Phillip Chen was born, raised, and educated in Chicago, attending SAIC for graduate school. Rooftops is one of several evocative night scenes that Chen created based on observations of the city at night madewhile riding what is now the Blue Line along Milwaukee Avenue. Like many graduates of SAIC, he studied and taught at Ox-Bow as well as at SAIC.
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