Question

An essay from Yves-Alain Bois’s (EEV-ah-LAHN BWAHZ's) Painting as Model describes the “all-over” composition of a painting of this city as a “pas de trois” and connects it to the artist’s essay “The New Realism.” The chapter “Trouble in Utopia” in Robert Hughes’s The Shock of the New contrasts “Utopian city plans” with an artist’s “incorruptible” late-career paintings of this city. Paintings of this city eliminated empty “bays” found in earlier works like Place de La Concorde and the (*) Tableau series. In November 2022, Susanne Meyer-Büser confirmed Francesco Visalli’s claim that a painting titled for this city has likely been hanging upside down. Yellow lines connect (10[1])red, white, and (10[2])blue squares in a painting inspired by this city's grid and by blues music. For 10 points, what city inspired Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie-Woogie? ■END■

ANSWER: New York City [or NYC]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemMaryland B+10510
Ashish SubramanianGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryMaryland A10810
Emmett LaurieRutgers DiasporaThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs10810

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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%0%33%109.17
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%0%107.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%33%117.33