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Watercolor
Study for Fortune Magazine
Ralston Crawford, 1906 - 1978
Crawford, Ralston
United States
9/5/1906 - 4/27/1978
Male
7 15/16 x 5 in. (20.2 x 12.7 cm)
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sheet
Pen and ink
Pen and ink
ca.1945
1940
1950
1900-2000, 20th century, bridges, Precisionism, watercolors
Watercolor
lower left, in imageupper centerverso, lower left corner
John Crawford
1995.51
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
95.51SL1
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95.51TR1
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95.51DI#2
digital image
1/20/2006
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Watercolor
Study for Fortune Magazine
Ralston Crawford, 1906 - 1978
Crawford, Ralston
United States
9/5/1906 - 4/27/1978
Male
7 15/16 x 5 in. (20.2 x 12.7 cm)
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sheet
Pen and ink
Pen and ink
ca. 1945
1940
1950
1900-2000, 20th century, bridges, paintings, Precisionism, watercolors
Watercolor
verso, lower left cornerlower left, in imageupper center
John Crawford
1995.50
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
95.50SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
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95.50DI1
digital image
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95.50TR1
transparency
full
4 x 5
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60crawford2.tif
digital image
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95.50DI#2
digital image
1/20/2006
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Watercolor
Study for "Whitestone Bridge"
Ralston Crawford, 1906 - 1978
Crawford, Ralston
United States
9/5/1906 - 4/27/1978
Male
7 15/16 x 5 in. (20.2 x 12.7 cm)
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sheet
Pen and ink
Pen and ink
1939-1940
1939
1940
1900-2000, 20th century, bridges, Precisionism, watercolors
Watercolor
verso, lower left corner
John Crawford
1995.49
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
95.49SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
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digital image
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95.49TR1
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full
4 x 5
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60crawford4.tif
digital image
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95.49DI#
digital image
1/20/2006
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Painting
Whitestone Bridge
Ralston Crawford, 1906 - 1978
Crawford, Ralston
United States
9/5/1906 - 4/27/1978
Male
40 1/4 x 32 in. (102.2 x 81.3 cm)
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overall framed size
vertical
frame
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without frame
Oil
Oil
1939-1940
1939
1940
1900-2000, 20th century, bridges, Encyclopedia Britannica Collection, paintings, Precisionism
Painting
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.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
The Whitestone Bridge, linking The Bronx and Queens, was opened in 1939 just in time for the New York World's Fair. The suspension bridge routed travelers coming to the Fair from Upstate and New England away from the congestion of New York City. At the same time, Crawford was moving away from painting traditional landscapes and searching for a vocabulary that was closer in spirit to the streamlined, industrial aesthetic that he was observing in the world around him. The Whitestone Bridge was an excellent match for his artistic aspirations.
The sleek and futuristic lines of the Whitestone Bridge matched the Trylon and Perisphere logo of the World's Fair, which was intended to signify progress and the World of Tomorrow. By 1944, when this painting was acquired by the Encyclopedia Britannica Collection, the sleek and elegant Whitestone Bridge had become an icon of contemporary design.
The curator traveled to New York City to determine whether the bridge really looks as though it extends back into space with no land visible on the other side. And, in fact, Crawford's thrilling vantage point can be experienced by taking the bus across the bridge - for a brief instant, the first-time crosser experiences the view that Crawford recorded: a slim line of road, held up by wires, sailing across the water with no end in sight.
[Gallery label text, 2006]
lower right
Neelon Crawford
1951.2
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
51.2TR1
Transparency
Memorial Art Gallery
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51.2DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
6/23/2000
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51.2SL2
slide
photo of bridge from same vantage point
2 x 2
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51.2DI2
digital image
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51.2DI3
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
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60crawford1.tif
digital image
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51.2DI#3
digital image
5/22/2013
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