JOHN MARIN

Brooklyn Bridge, No. 6 (Swaying) (Z. 112)

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JOHN MARIN
Brooklyn Bridge, No. 6 (Swaying) (Z. 112)
etching, 1913, on Van Gelder Zonen, a very good impression with plate tone, signed in pencil, from the small edition published in the New Republic in 1924 after the plate was steel-faced, with full margins, a tiny restored tear at the bottom right margin corner, otherwise in excellent condition
P. 10¾ x 8¾in. (273 x 222mm.)

Lot Essay

According to Zigrosser, the edition size of Brooklyn Bridge No. 6 (Swaying) was presumably very small. New Republic was issued in an edition of about 500 and the Marin prints included in this portfolio were divided between Brooklyn Bridge No. 6 (Swaying) and Downtown, the El. Zigrosser believes that Brooklyn Bridge No. 6 (Swaying) was originally chosen for the New Republic but had to be withdrawn early in the printing and replaced by Downtown, the El because the plate was damaged.