Eric Fischl, A Funeral, 1980. Oil on canvas, 60 x 96 in. Courtesy of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Eric Fischl in New York, 1984. Photo: © Jeannette Montgomery Barron.

Eric Fischl, Master Bedroom, 1980. Oil on canvas, 72 x 96 in. Courtesy of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. 

Eric Fischl, Haircut, 1985. Oil on linen, 104 x 84 in. Courtesy of the Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, CA. 

David Salle, The Trucks Bring Things, 1984. Oil and acrylic on canvas with light bulb and fabric, 102 x 173 1/4 in. © David Salle/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY. 

David Salle, Untitled, 1980. Acrylic on paper, 55 3/4 x 43 in. © David Salle/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Courtesy of Skarstedt, New York and Karen Meyerhoff Sweet, Newton, MA.

David Salle, Fooling with Your Hair, 1985. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 88.5 x 180 in. © David Salle/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.  Courtesy of Skarstedt, New York. 

David Salle in New York, 1985. Photo: © Jeannette Montgomery Barron. 

Ross Bleckner, Painting for Sleep and Escape, 1978. Oil on canvas, 72 x 55 in. Courtesy of the artist. 

Ross Bleckner in New York, 1986. Photo: © Jeannette Montgomery Barron.

Ross Bleckner, Flora and the Future, 1983. Oil on linen, 90 x 72 in. Courtesy of the artist. 

Ross Bleckner, The Forest, 1981. Oil on canvas, 120 x 90 in. Courtesy of the artist.