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Ralston Crawford
American, 1906 - 1978
Whitestone Bridge, 1939-1940
American Painting
Oil on canvas
40 1/4 in. x 32 in. (102.24 cm x 81.28 cm), without frame
Marion Stratton Gould Fund, 51.2
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Notes about Related Objects:
See preparatory drawings and photograph by Ralston Crawford: Study for "Whitestone Bridge" 95.48, 95.49, 95.50 and 95.51 and Whitestone Bridge, 95.52
Related Objects (Children):
- Study for "Whitestone Bridge", 95.48
- Study for "Whitestone Bridge", 95.49
- Study for Fortune Magazine, 95.51
- Study for Fortune Magazine, 95.50
- Whitestone Bridge, 95.52
Ralston Crawford’s strong linear style and simplified form and palette in Whitestone Bridge are representative of the modern Precisionist style. Precisionist artists celebrated industrialization and technology with a visual language that evoked the purity and perfection of the machine.
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