About this artwork
The upward thrust of the Brooklyn Bridge’s two Gothic arches and the powerful pull exerted by its network of high-tension cables, depicted so effectively in this taut drawing, embodied Marin’s concept of weights and balances. Formally, the great bridge also offered a framing device for the skyline and challenged the artist’s long-standing interest in linear systems.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- John Marin
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Title
- Pedestrians on Brooklyn Bridge
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1920–1929
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Medium
- Graphite on lightweight, smooth, tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card (all edges trimmed)
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Inscriptions
- Signed lower right, in graphite: "John Marin"; inscribed verso lower right of secondary support, in graphite, possibly by Stieglitz: "Buildings Bridge. 1911 / AS Col" [underlined]
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Dimensions
- Primary support: 13.6 × 19.3 cm (5 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 24.7 × 29.7 cm (9 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Alfred Stieglitz Collection
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Reference Number
- 1956.384
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Copyright
- © 2018 Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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