New Hudson Bridge
Artist
Howard Norton Cook
(American, 1901 - 1980)
Date1931
MediumLithograph
DimensionsOverall: 17 5/8 x 13 11/16in. (44.8 x 34.8cm)
Image: 13 3/4 x 9 13/16in. (34.9 x 24.9cm)
Image: 13 3/4 x 9 13/16in. (34.9 x 24.9cm)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Credit LineGift of Edward W. Root
Terms
Object number53.256
Description On View
Not on viewCollections
CopyrightPresumed copyright: the artist or the artist's representative/heir(s).
Label TextWhile Louis Lozowick’s image of the George Washington Bridge (GWB) emphasizes its towering height as seen from afar, Howard Cook placed the viewer on a platform at the Manhattan end of the span. We, with the woman in the foreground (Cook’s wife, artist Barbara Latham), can admire the impressive engineering of the cables and riveted beams, the expanse of the road, and the great distance to the Hudson River below—how small the passing boat seems.
Mary E. Murray
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
2017
