Harvard Art Museums > 1987.83: Brooklyn Bridge Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Brooklyn Bridge (Joseph Stella) , 1987.83,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/309527. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1987.83 People Joseph Stella, American (Muro Lurcano Italy 1877 - 1946 Astoria NY) Title Brooklyn Bridge Other Titles Alternate Title: Study for "Brooklyn Bridge" Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1917 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/309527 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor and blue pencil on white wove paper Dimensions 30.3 x 21.7 cm (11 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, lower center: Joseph Stella Provenance Recorded Ownership History Fredric Wertham; to his wife Hesketh at his death, 1981, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1987. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Fredric Wertham Collection, Gift of his wife Hesketh Accession Year 1987 Object Number 1987.83 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Irma B. Jaffe, Joseph Stella, Fordham University Press (New York, NY, 1988), no. 270 The Fredric Wertham Collection: Gift of his Wife, Hesketh, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1990), no. 94, p. 81; reproduced in color p. 33 Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), repr. as pl. 23 on p. 92 Exhibition History Re-View: S426A (Large Niche) #2: CB30 Photography and Society & HAA172w American Art and Modernity, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/09/2009 - 01/10/2010 American Art and Modernity, 1865–1965, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2012 - 01/19/2013 American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2023 - 08/13/2023 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
