![Self Portrait, 2013](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/page_hero/public/2015/03/Self-Portrait.jpg)
Spanning from the mid-1960s to the present, Richard Estes: Painting New York City presents works by this quintessential New York artist and enduring leader of the Photorealist movement. Providing an unprecedented insight into the artist's creative process, the exhibition reveals a full range of Estes' paintings and works on paper, including his photographs, silkscreens and woodcuts and their various proofs, states, and art-making tools.
Richard Estes: Painting New York is organized by guest curator Patterson Sims, along with Sophia Merkin, Curatorial Assistant and Project Manager.
Support for Richard Estes: Painting New York City is provided by Louis K. and Susan P. Meisel, T.A. Cox, Verena and Rod Cushman, Elizabeth B. and Edward C. Johnson III, Chris Jones, Arlene and Robert Kogod, Marlborough Gallery, the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, Ginny Mancini, the Robert Lehman Foundation, Susan and David Rockefeller, Dr. Judith Goldstein, and Wendy and Martin Kaplan.
![The Plaza, 1995: Oil on canvas; 36 x 66 in.; Courtesy of Louis K. Meisel Gallery](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/02/The-Plaza2.jpg)
![Richard Estes: Sunday Afternoon in the Park, 1989; Oil on canvas 24 x 44 in. (60.96 x 113.03 cm); Courtesy of the artist; Photo by Bruce Schwarz](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/03/Richard-Estes-Painting-New-York-City.jpg)
![Columbus Circle Looking North, 2009: Oil on canvas; 40 x 56 1/4 in.; Linden and Michelle Nelson Tenants by the Entirety; © Richard Estes; Courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/02/Columbus-Circle-Looking-North.jpg)
![D Train, 1991: Oil on canvas; 36 x 66 in.; Courtesy of Louis K. Meisel Gallery](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/02/D-Train.jpg)
![Staten Island Ferry Arriving in Manhattan, 2012: Oil on canvas; 37 x 65 5/8 in.; Courtesy of a private collection; © Richard Estes, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/02/Staten-Island-Ferry-Arriving-Manhattan.jpg)
![Bus with Reflection of the Flatiron Building (1966-1967): Oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. Private collection Photo by Luc Demers](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2014/12/1.%20PR01-Bus%20with%20Reflection%20of%20the%20Flatiron%20Building.jpg)
![Seated Figures, Central Park (1967): Oil on canvas 36 x 46 in. Private collection Photo by Luc Demers](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2014/12/3.%20PRE01-ParkBench1964%2CSeatedFigures.jpg)
![Automat (1966-1968): Oil on board 48 x 60 in. Private collection Photo by Luc Demers](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2014/12/4.%20PRE04-Automat%2C1966-68.jpg)
![Horn and Hardart Automat (1967): Oil on Masonite 48 x 60 in. Private collection Photo by Luc Demers](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2014/12/5.%20PRE05-Horn%20and%20Hardart%20Automat%2C1967.jpg)
![Study XIII, Theater, 1997: Woodcut print on Nishinouchi paper Image: 13 x 6 3/4 in. (40 x 17.1 cm) Sheet: 20 x 11 3/4 in. (50.8 x 29.8 cm) Signed and inscribed “H.C. 1/2”, aside from the edition of 40 © Richard Estes, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2014/12/7.%20Estes%2C%20Study%20XIII%2C%20Theater%2C%201997%2C%20color%20woodcut%20print%2C%2020%20x%2011.75%20inches%2C%20signed%20and%20inscribed%20H.C.%201%20of%202%2C%20aside%20from%20the%20edition%20of%2040.jpg)
![Hand-annotated color proof of Kentucky Fried Chicken, 2007: Image: 24 x 16 in. (61 x 40.6 cm) Sheet: 28 1/2 x 20 in. (72.4 x 50.8 cm) © Richard Estes, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2014/12/9.%20Estes%2C%20Kentucky%20Fried%20Chicken%2C%202007%2C%20color%20silkscreen%20print%2C%2028.5%20x%2020%20inches%2C%20signed%20and%20inscribed%20H.C.%2C%20aside%20from%20the%20edition%20of%2058.jpg)
![Richard Estes: M Train on Route to Manhattan Approaches the Williamsburg Bridge, 1995; Oil on illustration board; 20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm); Courtesy of Louis K. Meisel Gallery](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/02/M-Train-on-Route-to-Manhattan.jpg)
![Richard Estes: Apollo, 1968](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/07/Apollo_1.jpg)
![Richard Estes: Columbus Circle, Maine Monument, 1989](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/07/Columbus-Circle%2C-Maine-Monument.jpg)
![Richard Estes: Corner Café, 2014](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/07/Corner-Cafe.jpg)
![Richard Estes: Hotel Empire, 1987](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/07/Hotel-Empire.jpg)
![Richard Estes: The Eye Man, 2014](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/07/The-Eye-Man.jpg)
![Richard Estes: Times Square, 2004](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/07/Times-Square.jpg)
![Richard Estes: Urban Landscapes I: Seagram Building, 1972](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/07/Urban-Landscapes-I-Seagram-Building.jpg)
![Richard Estes: Williamsburg Bridge, 2006](https://madmuseum.org./sites/default/files/styles/slider/public/2015/07/Williamsburg-Bridge.jpg)
Click here to see a Google map of locations where Richard Estes took inspiration for some of his paintings on view at MAD.
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