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RISDM 2008-112-1.tif
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Brett Weston

Untitled (Brooklyn Bridge with Automobiles, New York)

Description

Maker

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993)

Title

Untitled (Brooklyn Bridge with Automobiles, New York)

Year

ca. 1945-47

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

gelatin silver

Supports

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 19.4 x 24.4 cm (7 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated in pencil on mount

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Dan Miller

Object Number

2008.112.1

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

America in View
Landscape Photography 1865 to Now
Sep 21, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013

Label copy

Brett Weston photographed the urban landscape of New York while working as an Army photographer. His images capture the visual incongruities brought about by the rapid expansion of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s. Competing advertising slogans seem to jostle with each other amidst the parked cars, while the Brooklyn Bridge stretches through the frame above.

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Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993)
Untitled (Brooklyn Bridge with Automobiles, New York), ca. 1945-47
Gelatin silver print
Image/sheet: 19.4 x 24.4 cm (7 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches)
Gift of Dan Miller 2008.112.1

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