What is the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's 1927 painting of New York's Radiator Building at night?
Answer
Radiator Building—Night, New York
Georgia O'Keeffe's 1927 painting of New York's Radiator Building is titled Radiator Building—Night, New York.
The painting presents the American Radiator Building in Manhattan as a dramatic vertical form illuminated against a dark blue-black sky. O'Keeffe used simplified shapes and intense color rather than aiming for a neutral architectural record.
The work belongs to her New York period, when the city's skyscrapers became important subjects. She lived in Manhattan for stretches of her life and made paintings that transformed urban architecture into bold modernist compositions.
The building itself was designed by Raymond Hood and André Fouilhoux and completed in 1924. It is now known as the American Standard Building, but O'Keeffe's title preserves its earlier name.