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Preview image of work. etching on paper, Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York 9008

1979.4

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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York

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Artist

John Marin (Rutherford, New Jersey, 1870 - 1953, Cape Split, Maine)

Title

Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York

Creation Date

1913

Century

20th century

Dimensions

6 7/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. (17.5 cm. x 22.6 cm.)

Object Type

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Credit Line

Museum Purchase, Elizabeth B.G. Hamlin Fund

Copyright

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Accession Number

1979.4

Born and raised in northern New Jersey, John Marin made New York City one of his favorite subjects. In particular, the Brooklyn Bridge captured his imagination, and he pictured it repeatedly over more than three decades beginning in 1911. This etching—likely influenced by European avant-garde works on view at the 1913 Armory Show—demonstrates Marin’s early experimentation with cubism and abstraction. Here, Marin represents the Brooklyn Bridge in harmony with the East River and New York cityscape. Marin’s frenetic, dashed lines capture both the ordered chaos and invigorating energy of the city he affectionately called home.