Thursday, May 9, 2013

Estes' New York

We're looking all the time at photos of the old New York, searching for traces of the vanished city, but what about in paintings? Richard Estes' photorealist paintings capture blocks of that lost world.

The Woolworths, cafeterias, candy store windows, Times Square cinemas, burger stands, subway cars, telephone booths, billiard halls, luncheonettes, liquor stores...



There's the Jones Diner. And there's the Grand Luncheonette.



What can you find here?

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10 comments:

  1. Uncle WaltieMay 9, 2013 at 8:22 AM

    It was called "Jones", not Jone's. But the painting is spectacular.

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  2. Joe non PapaMay 9, 2013 at 8:24 AM

    Would be nice to see a retrospective show. It's been a long while since I've seen his work. (And I loved the Jones Diner. Ate there every week when I worked in the area.)

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  3. chummy's mumMay 9, 2013 at 8:27 AM

    Thanks so much for this link!

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  4. citronyellaMay 9, 2013 at 9:20 AM

    I would love to see a "Then and Now" presentation of some of these wonderful paintings of New York and how the buildings are currently configured. I have been a great admirer of Richard Estes since I first saw his work in the 70s when I was in college. I always hoped one day to own an original.

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  5. ShatteredMonocleMay 9, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    Check out this:
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U7N6CH5mIhQ/S_wjd1aE7wI/AAAAAAAAF9o/yV5eF_0SMo0/s1600/diner_new_york_city.jpg

    Relative to this:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Empire-Diner_01.jpg

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  6. lauraMay 9, 2013 at 11:12 AM

    where was the candy store?

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  7. BrooksNYCMay 9, 2013 at 4:35 PM

    Fantastic stuff.

    So immediately recognizable are some of those vanished stores and restaurants from the 1970s, it's as if I'd walked past them yesterday. And yet......I haven't thought of them in years! Which got me to wondering....

    Were I to go to Zabar's this afternoon and emerge onto the streets of 1971, how long would it take me to realize that time had reversed itself?

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  8. James TaylorMay 9, 2013 at 8:58 PM

    One of my favorite painters.

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  9. AnonymousMay 9, 2013 at 9:16 PM

    Fantastic artwork. I am partial to the 60's and 70's subject matter but this guy had it going into the 2000's. Great link. I liked the Gordon's/Bond's Times Square painting the best, but all great.

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  10. AnonymousMay 12, 2013 at 8:54 AM

    Now if Woody Allen would come back and do a film about NYC that echoes Midnight in Paris... except he's over NYC!

    Cause it's "Just another highrise with an exciting retail mix"...

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