Brooklyn Bridge

1930

Isac Friedlander

Associated Names
Isac Friedlander

Artist, American, born Latvia, 1888 - 1968

The image shows a view from inside a stone archway overlooking a city skyline. The perspective leads the eye towards distant buildings. The horizon is suggested by bridge cables and vertical outlines of buildings. The etching depicts fine lines and cross-hatching for texture in the bridge's masonry and a figure walking along a walkway. The color palette is sepia and brown. Closest to us is a figure leaning on the railing, seemingly looking out at the city. The composition combines architectural solidity with dynamic lines of the bridge cables, capturing human and urban elements.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Madeleine Fortunoff Fine Prints, Locust Valley, NY); Dave and Reba Williams, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, December 2008

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in pencil, lower left: Brooklyn Bridge; lower right, I. Friedlander 30.

Wikidata ID

Q76443133

You may be interested in

Loading Results