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Marcel Gromaire’s pictorial style is recognised for its limited palette, often restricted to shades of brown or grey-blue, and its solidly structured forms, frequently accentuated by a black outline. After World War II, the artist introduced the theme of landscape into his work. A trip to New York in 1950 inspired several paintings, including this view of the island of Manhattan from Rockefeller Center. The rectangle of Central Park is encircled on all sides by skyscrapers, and the triangle formed by this perspective view bristles with vertical forms.