
Rooftops
<p>Phillip Chen was born, raised, and educated in Chicago, attending SAIC for graduate school. <em>Rooftops</em> 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.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1976
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Phillip Chen
Artist
More
More by Phillip Chen
My Father and Dillinger (left side)
2011 · Relief etching in black on light brown wove paper
My Father and Dillinger (right side)
2011 · Relief etching in black on light brown wove paper
Agassiz Complex, part two of Brute Creation
2008 · Relief etching in black on light brown wove paper
Nearer to the Brutes, part one of Brute Creation
2008 · Relief etching in black on light brown wove paper
The Boat of the World, part three of Brute Creation
2008 · Relief etching in black on light brown wove paper
Evergreen
2004 · Relief etching in black on light brown wove paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Phillip Chen
- Year
- 1976
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1976-069079
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified






