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Brooklyn Bridge (Mosaic)

1913

John Marin

Associated Names

John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

The image shows the Brooklyn Bridge, viewed from the bridge itself, focusing on its arches. The horizon line is not shown. The linear etching technique creates the texture and form of the bridge using black lines on a white background. Details of the walkway and cables are prominent, leading the eye towards the distant arches. The background has abstract patterns resembling the sky, keeping the focus on the bridge.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and drypoint in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 29.2 × 22.9 cm (11 1/2 × 9 in.)
sheet: 44.5 × 32.4 cm (17 1/2 × 12 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.3337
Catalogue Raisonné

Zigrosser 1969, no. 107

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Exhibition History

1993

Shared Perspectives - The Printmaker & the Photographer in New York, Museum of the City of New York, 1993

Bibliography

1969

Zigrosser, Carl. The Complete Etchings of John Marin. Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969, no. 107.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Marin 13 / Brooklyn Bridge; lower right in graphite: John Marin

Wikidata ID

Q76456109

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