Voice of New York Interpreted Polytych (c1921). Among his other well-known paintings is New York Interpreted, The Voice of the City 1922, a five-paneled work, almost twenty-three feet long and over eight feet high, patterned after a religious altarpiece, but depicting bridges and skyscrapers instead of saints. This work reflects the belief, common at the time, that industry was displacing religion as the center of modern life. The painting is in the collection of the Newark Museum. At a time when virtually all modernists tried their hand at representing the city, Wanda Corn has written, Stella's painting is the summa.