Georgia O'Keeffe used oil on canvas for Radiator Building—Night, New York. Painted in 1927, the work presents the New York skyscraper at night as a dramatic vertical structure surrounded by intense red and black forms.
The painting belongs to O'Keeffe's important New York series, created while she lived in the city and was closely connected to Alfred Stieglitz's gallery circle. She treated architecture with the same attention to shape, color, and abstraction that she brought to flowers and landscapes.
The Radiator Building was a real landmark, officially the American Radiator Building and now known as the American Standard Building. Its dark Gothic-inspired design and illuminated crown made it an especially powerful subject for artists working in the modern city.