Brooklyn Bridge, No. 6 (Swaying)

Details

JOHN MARIN (1870-1953)
Brooklyn Bridge, No. 6 (Swaying)
etching
1913
on wove paper
a fine impression printed with a pronounced plate tone
signed in pencil, inscribed 'Printed by John Marin / Sent out by 291.'
from the edition of approximately twelve
printed by the artist, published by Alfred Stieglitz at 291 Fifth Avenue gallery, New York
Image: 10 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. (272 x 222 mm.)
Sheet: 14 ½ x 12 3⁄8 in. (366 x 312 mm.)

Provenance

With Alfred Stieglitz 291 Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, New York.
With Wunderlich & Company, Inc., New York.
Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection, Detroit; acquired from the above in 1984; then by descent to the present owners.

Literature

Zigrosser 112

Exhibited

The Detroit Institute of Arts, Master Prints of 5 Centuries: The Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection, 1990-91, p. 92, n. 71.

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Lot Essay

This impression is from the first edition of approximately twelve impressions only. The plate was later steel-faced and reprinted for The New Republic's Folio of American Etchings, which consisted of six etchings by six American artists. Of the 500-600 sets distributed by The New Republic, only a few sets included Brooklyn Bridge, No. 6 (Swaying); Marin's contribution to the folio was soon changed to Downtown The El (Z. 134).

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