The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 14, 2026

A horizontally oriented pencil drawing on light paper depicts a dense cityscape of rooftops and spires rendered in thin lines. Small, crowded structures cluster on the left, while taller buildings climb upward on the right. In the lower half, several cylindrical shapes stand near a rectangular, tent-like form. Faint, angled perspective lines extend into the large, empty space filling the upper half of the composition.

City Roofs

1957

Peter Takal

(American, 1905–1995)
America
pencil
Image: 33 x 45.1 cm (13 x 17 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Takal 1957.207
Location: Not on view
  • 1956–57
    Peter Takal (the artist) [1905-1995], New York, NY
    July 29, 1957
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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