Not on view

Hudson Bridge

Artist: Louis Lozowick (American, 1892 - 1973)

Date: 1929

Medium: Lithograph on paper

Dimensions:

Overall: 15 13/16 x 11 1/2in. (40.2 x 29.2cm)

Image: 14 3/8 x 8 11/16in. (36.5 x 22.1cm)

Signed: l.r.: 'Louis Lozowick '29' and 'L L' Edward W. Root No. AP 105 Written l.l. corner of sheet: 'Hudson Bridge' Written l.r. corner of sheet: '15.' Watermark: BFK.

Credit Line: Gift of Edward W. Root

Object number: 53.336

Label Text

Louis Lozowick and Howard Cook were two of many artists who were in thrall of the George Washington Bridge (GWB), an engineering marvel when it opened in 1931 and an aesthetic marvel still. At the time, the Bridge—at 3500 feet—was twice as long as any existing suspension bridge.

When Lozowick created his image, the Bridge’s towers were in place but the span and roadbed had not yet been built. Lozowick placed the impressive structure within the context of other means of modern transportation, the locomotive and airplane. Train and plane here, though, seem dwarfed in comparison.

Mary E. Murray

Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art

2017