The City of Hope

This color screenprint on vellum paper presents a minimalist landscape featuring three monolithic, rectangular structures set against a subtly graded sky. The ground plane is a uniform reddish-brown, extending into the foreground, where long, dark shadows stretch horizontally from the base of each structure. The structures themselves are identical in form, characterized by a grid of small, square openings on their visible faces, suggesting windows or apertures within a building. The composition employs a low horizon line, dedicating the majority of the image to the expansive sky, which transitions from a pale, warm tone near the horizon to a muted blue at the top. The arrangement of the three structures, with the tallest in the foreground and two slightly smaller ones receding into the distance, creates a sense of depth and perspective within the otherwise stark environment. The precise rendering of the shadows, cast by a low-angle light source, adds a graphic quality and emphasizes the three-dimensionality of the forms.