Brooklyn Bridge (Study for "On the Bridge")
1944
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite on tracing paper dry mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
sheet: 17.5 x 20.3 cm (6 7/8 x 8 in.) mount: 21.3 x 24.1 cm (8 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Norma B. Marin
Accession Number
2005.98.10
About the Artist
John Marin
John Marin (1870-1953) was a pioneering American modernist known for his dynamic watercolors and oils of the Maine coast and New York City. A late bloomer who didn't commit to art until nearly 30, Marin developed a distinctive style combining European modernism with American subjects, capturing the energy of skyscrapers and the elemental power of the sea through fractured planes, vibrant color, an...