Men In The City Untitled IV 1990
Stone Lithograph by Robert Longo 40 x 26 in. (101.6 x 66 cm) with full margins. Hand signed, numbered 16/48 and dated 1990 in pencil.
Condition: Excellent impression with no creases, scuffs, tears, foxing or time staining present. No evidence of previous hinging (verso)
work of art from
Robert Longo's famous Men in the Cities series. This specific image is known as Untitled Pl. V (from Men in the Cities).
Artwork Details
Artist: Robert Longo (American, b. 1953).
Series: Men in the Cities.
Medium: It is a lithograph (specifically, a lithograph in colors, or sometimes an archival pigment print) on paper. The original works in the series were large-scale charcoal and graphite drawings.
Creation Date: 1990 for this particular print edition. The original series was created between 1977 and 1983.
Subject: The series portrays sharply dressed men and women in exaggerated, contorted poses, appearing to be dancing, recoiling, or falling. Longo achieved these dynamic poses by photographing friends (including artist Cindy Sherman and gallerist Larry Gagosian) on a New York rooftop while throwing objects at them or pulling them with ropes.
Themes and Influence
The Men in the Cities series is an iconic representation of the 1980s New York art scene, often interpreted as a metaphor for the tension and alienation of urban professional life. The dramatic gestures evoke a sense of violent physicality or a "death dance" of the modern man.
Condition: Excellent impression with no creases, scuffs, tears, foxing or time staining present. No evidence of previous hinging (verso)
work of art from
Robert Longo's famous Men in the Cities series. This specific image is known as Untitled Pl. V (from Men in the Cities).
Artwork Details
Artist: Robert Longo (American, b. 1953).
Series: Men in the Cities.
Medium: It is a lithograph (specifically, a lithograph in colors, or sometimes an archival pigment print) on paper. The original works in the series were large-scale charcoal and graphite drawings.
Creation Date: 1990 for this particular print edition. The original series was created between 1977 and 1983.
Subject: The series portrays sharply dressed men and women in exaggerated, contorted poses, appearing to be dancing, recoiling, or falling. Longo achieved these dynamic poses by photographing friends (including artist Cindy Sherman and gallerist Larry Gagosian) on a New York rooftop while throwing objects at them or pulling them with ropes.
Themes and Influence
The Men in the Cities series is an iconic representation of the 1980s New York art scene, often interpreted as a metaphor for the tension and alienation of urban professional life. The dramatic gestures evoke a sense of violent physicality or a "death dance" of the modern man.
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