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The Bridge
Accession Number
1983/1.293
Title
The Bridge
Artist(s)
John Francis Strauss
Object Creation Date
1903
Medium & Support
photogravure on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
8 1/4 in x 11 7/8 in (21 cm x 30.1 cm);14 1/4 in x 19 1/4 in (36.2 cm x 48.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
Label copy
Strauss met Alfred Stieglitz through the Camera Club of New York, and he joined Stieglitz’s new publication devoted to photography, Camera Work, as associate editor from 1903–1910. One of the founding Fellows of the Photo-Secession, Strauss participated in the group’s exhibitions and had works reproduced in Camera Work.
Carole McNamara, Assistant Director for Collections & Exhibitions
on the occasion of the exhibition New York Observed: The Mythology of the City
(July 13 – September 22, 2003)
Subject matter
In this photograph, published in Camera Work, no. 3 (1903), John Francis Strauss frames an expansive view of the city of New York at twilight. The glow of the city silhouettes the Brooklyn Bridge as the structure reaches diagonally across the East River in the background. The bridge is dotted with artificial lights that pierce the black background of the darkened cityscape. Snow-covered rooftops in the foreground reflect ambient light and cause the overlapping city buildings to read as a cacophony of geometric shapes.
Physical Description
View of the Brooklyn Bridge stretching across the East River at twilight with city buildings in the foreground.
Primary Object Classification
Photograph
Collection Area
Photography
Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Keywords
Cityscapes
architecture (object genre)
bridges
buildings
cityscapes (representations)
modern and contemporary art
night
rivers
suspension bridges
water
1983/1.293
Title
The Bridge
Artist(s)
John Francis Strauss
Object Creation Date
1903
Medium & Support
photogravure on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
8 1/4 in x 11 7/8 in (21 cm x 30.1 cm);14 1/4 in x 19 1/4 in (36.2 cm x 48.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
Label copy
Strauss met Alfred Stieglitz through the Camera Club of New York, and he joined Stieglitz’s new publication devoted to photography, Camera Work, as associate editor from 1903–1910. One of the founding Fellows of the Photo-Secession, Strauss participated in the group’s exhibitions and had works reproduced in Camera Work.
Carole McNamara, Assistant Director for Collections & Exhibitions
on the occasion of the exhibition New York Observed: The Mythology of the City
(July 13 – September 22, 2003)
Subject matter
In this photograph, published in Camera Work, no. 3 (1903), John Francis Strauss frames an expansive view of the city of New York at twilight. The glow of the city silhouettes the Brooklyn Bridge as the structure reaches diagonally across the East River in the background. The bridge is dotted with artificial lights that pierce the black background of the darkened cityscape. Snow-covered rooftops in the foreground reflect ambient light and cause the overlapping city buildings to read as a cacophony of geometric shapes.
Physical Description
View of the Brooklyn Bridge stretching across the East River at twilight with city buildings in the foreground.
Primary Object Classification
Photograph
Collection Area
Photography
Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Keywords
Cityscapes
architecture (object genre)
bridges
buildings
cityscapes (representations)
modern and contemporary art
night
rivers
suspension bridges
water
