Curatorial Narrative The anonymous artist’s “City of New York municipal airports No. 1 Floyd Bennett Field No. 2 North Beach” is an exemplary artifact of the Art Deco style, which dominated architectural and design discourse in the mid-20th century. Executed in 1936, this work embodies the rationalizing tendencies of modernist thought, wherein the urban landscape was to be optimized for efficiency and functionality. As a rendering of two airports within the New York municipal system, this artwork exemplifies the visual syntax of Art Deco architecture. Linear brushwork creates a precise, geometric vocabulary that emphasizes the spatial relationships between buildings and infrastructure. The palette red, blue, beige, and white operates as an exercise in chromatic structure, with each hue serving to define specific areas of the composition while contributing to a cohesive whole. When enlarged to 44×55 inches, the artwork assumes a