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Brooklyn Bridge
193015 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (40.3 x 28.9 cm)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Lithograph
Credit Line:
Granger A. Hollister Fund
Accession Number:
1931.25
Location: Not currently on view
Lozowick emphasized the Brooklyn Bridge’s verticality by his dramatic treatment of the cable lines. Also, in the juxtaposition of the human forms with the bridge’s monumental tower, the impact of its sheer mass is heightened.
The Brooklyn Bridge opened on May 24, 1883, after thirteen tumultuous years of work to complete the plan originated by John Roebling. It fulfilled the prediction that he offered in his original proposal:
"The contemplated work, when constructed in accordance with my design, will not only be the greatest bridge in existence, but it will be the great engineering work of the Continent and of the age. Its most conspicuous feature - the great towers - will serve as landmarks to the adjoining cities, and they will be entitled to be ranked as national monuments. As a great work of art, and a successful specimen of advanced bridge engineering, the structure will forever testify to the energy, enterprise, and wealth of that community which shall secure its erection."
[Label text, 2003]
The Brooklyn Bridge opened on May 24, 1883, after thirteen tumultuous years of work to complete the plan originated by John Roebling. It fulfilled the prediction that he offered in his original proposal:
"The contemplated work, when constructed in accordance with my design, will not only be the greatest bridge in existence, but it will be the great engineering work of the Continent and of the age. Its most conspicuous feature - the great towers - will serve as landmarks to the adjoining cities, and they will be entitled to be ranked as national monuments. As a great work of art, and a successful specimen of advanced bridge engineering, the structure will forever testify to the energy, enterprise, and wealth of that community which shall secure its erection."
[Label text, 2003]
Provenance
Purchased from "The American Landscape in Prints" exhibition held at the Gallery November 12 - December 6, 1931
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- The American Landscape in Prints 11/12/1931 - 12/6/1931
- Prints from the Permanent Collection America in Transition: Early 1900s Memorial Art Gallery 5/29/1981 - 7/3/1981
- Survey of American Printmaking Memorial Art Gallery 5/2/1987 - 10/18/1987
- From Hassam to Hopper: Prints of New York City Memorial Art Gallery 2/3/1995 - 5/7/1995
- All Around the Town: Artists' New York Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester 8/1/2003 - 11/9/2003
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: From Hassam to Hopper: Prints of New York City. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Issue Date: January-February 1995. Page Number: 4
- Article Author: Herdle, Gertrude. Article Title: Recent accessions of prints. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. The Bulletin. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Volume Number: 4, Issue Number: 2. Issue Date: December 1931. Page Number: 9-10
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné Entry. Janet Flint. The Prints of Louis Lozowick: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1982.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Sandra Haller Olsen. A Survey of American Printmaking from the Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1987.
- MAGazine. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
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