About this artwork
New York-based artist Lothar Osterburg’s Bridge over Brooklyn is a much more nostalgic image than Craig McPherson’s haunting mezzotint of New York City, Yankee Stadium at Night. Osterburg began by building a miniature model, which he photographed through a magnifying lens. By etching this negative onto the printing plate using the 19th-century method of photogravure, he created this highly tonal image. Despite their differing, yet equally labor-intensive and retrospective intaglio processes, Osterburg and McPherson arrive at a similar place through their shared emphasis on palpable texture, the contrast between light and shade, and the powerful darkness of the city at night.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Lothar Osterburg
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Title
- Bridge Over Brooklyn
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Place
- Germany (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 2007
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Medium
- Photogravure in black on white wove paper
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Dimensions
- 47.9 × 61.2 cm (18 7/8 × 24 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Robert Hixon Glore
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Reference Number
- 2008.222
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