Georgia O'Keeffe painted New York City skyscrapers in works such as Radiator Building—Night.
O'Keeffe lived in New York during important periods of her career, including time at the Stieglitz family's apartment at the Shelton Hotel. From high viewpoints, she saw Manhattan's towers as powerful modern forms rather than merely as architecture. Her urban paintings often emphasize vertical lines, geometric masses, and dramatic contrasts of light and darkness.
Radiator Building—Night, New York is one of the best-known examples of this city series. It presents the American Radiator Building as a dark, glowing Art Deco structure. O'Keeffe's skyscraper paintings are sometimes confused with her later New Mexico landscapes or flower close-ups, but they belong to a distinct urban phase. The buildings also connect her work with the modernist fascination with technology and the changing American city.