Robert Longo’s Men in the Cities, Tokyo, Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. IV (Single Woman) (1990) captures the artist’s enduring fascination with motion, tension, and the fragility of composure. The solitary female figure, dressed in a crisp white skirt and black blouse, is frozen mid-gesture - her body arching backward, arms flung upward, hair cascading with kinetic energy.

Rendered in Longo’s immaculate black-and-white realism, the work transforms a fleeting instant into a timeless metaphor for psychological and social strain. Originally created for Longo’s 1990 Tokyo exhibition, this edition reflects the universality of his vision - where urban sophistication meets the emotional chaos beneath. Elegant yet unrestrained, Single Woman embodies the beauty and vulnerability that define Men in the Cities as one of the most iconic series in contemporary art.