Red City - A Child's World
1962
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lithograph (zinc) in orange, green, and black on Rives BFK paper
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.2592
Art Historical Context
"Red City - A Child's World" is a vibrant 1962 lithograph by American artist Reva Urban, part of the esteemed Rosenwald Collection at the Gallery of Art. Created luxurious Rives BFK—a heavyweight, cotton-rag sheet prized by printmakers for its texture and ink absorption—this work captures an imaginative urban scene through the lens of childhood wonder. Urban's use of bold orange, green, and inks evokes a playful "red city" alive with energy, blending the structured geometry of cityscapes with a child's uninhibited perspective. Lithography on zinc plates, as employed here, was a mid-20th-centu...