Photo credit: Jin S. Lee
Accession Number: C.2019.173.1
Dimensions: 24 in X 18 in
Dimensions (Metric): 60.96 cm X 45.72 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 60.96 cm X 45.72 cm
Source: Richard Sloat
Credit Line: Gift of the artists, Richard Sloat and Su-Li Hung
Rising Sun
Description
Aquatint etching by Richard Sloat titled Rising Sun, 1977. The print depicts the Lower East Side: the view is looking down Henry Street towards lower Manhattan with the Twin Towers in the background. The street is lined with tenement buildings and parked cars. A flock of birds is in the foreground.
Aquatint etching by Richard Sloat titled Rising Sun, 1977. The print depicts the Lower East Side: the view is looking down Henry Street towards lower Manhattan with the Twin Towers in the background. The street is lined with tenement buildings and parked cars. A flock of birds is in the foreground.
Historical Notes
Artist Richard Sloat lived in a loft apartment in the Lower East Side with his partner, Su-Li Hung. The two had met in the early 1970s at the Art Students League of New York. Often using the Twin Towers in their work, the couple initially earned a livable income by selling prints of their art on the streets of New York. Versions of Rising Sun are in the collections of the New-York Historical Society, the Library of Congress, and the National Academy of Design. The etching is also reproduced as an illustration in two books: Impressions of New York by Marilyn Symmes and A Short History of New York (3rd edition) by Joanne Reitano.
Artist Richard Sloat lived in a loft apartment in the Lower East Side with his partner, Su-Li Hung. The two had met in the early 1970s at the Art Students League of New York. Often using the Twin Towers in their work, the couple initially earned a livable income by selling prints of their art on the streets of New York. Versions of Rising Sun are in the collections of the New-York Historical Society, the Library of Congress, and the National Academy of Design. The etching is also reproduced as an illustration in two books: Impressions of New York by Marilyn Symmes and A Short History of New York (3rd edition) by Joanne Reitano.
