Real Estate Page, also titled Classified Ad

Greek-American artist Chryssa’s interest in words and typography is much more visual than literary. As a long-time New Yorker, she was struck by the immediate visual impact and ubiquity of advertising text. In Real Estate Pages, she used rubber stamps made from the press plates of the New York Times.

In her own words: "Since 1957 I have worked in fragments. Entire areas of my newspaper paintings were covered with fragments of printed material. I repeat these fragments and in their entity I reach reality … Diagrams occur between the conscious and the unconscious, instinctive directions."