Documented facthigh certainty
series scope
MoMA identifies New York, VIII as part of Sterne’s Roads series and describes spray acrylic as a means of suggesting the motion and speed of New York highways.
- Catalog medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Collection
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Accession
- 558.1954
Physical record
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- Metric
- 183.2 × 106.7 cm
- Approx. imperial
- 6 ft 0.1 in × 3 ft 6 in
- Planar area (calculated)
- 1.95 m²
- Width / 170 cm reference
- 0.63×
- Height / 170 cm reference
- 1.08×
Imperial dimensions, planar area, and 170 cm reference ratios are interface calculations from documented metric dimensions, not source claims, artwork-shape reconstructions, or quality judgments.
Image decision: Bundled display blocked by copyrighted_no_license/metadata_only.
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Related records
- Hedda Sterne’s Roads seriesseries · artwork in series
- Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstractionexhibition · artwork exhibited in
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- Hedda Sterneartist/date identity lineBasis: Object identity on this record.
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- CanvasmaterialBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
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- Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstractionexhibition · artwork exhibited inBasis: AEU graph edge rendered on this object record.
- Place this date on the AEU timeline1954Basis: Object date used for navigation only; not an influence or exhibition claim.
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- Hedda Sterne’s Roads seriesseries · artwork in seriesBasis: AEU graph edge rendered on this object record.
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Direct record sources
- Hedda Sterne. New York, VIII. 1954museum collection · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09Open institutional source ↗