Icon of Modernism: Representing the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883-1950

This catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Georgia Museum of Art Sept. 17-Dec. 11, 2016. It includes essays by curator of American art Sarah Kate Gillespie on the history of the Brooklyn Bridge as a symbol of modernity and on photography of the bridge, by Janice Simon on images of the bridge in the popular press, by Meredith Ward on John Marin's renderings of the bridge and by Kimberly Orcutt on Joseph Stella's paintings of the structure. All images in the exhibition are reproduced full page in full-color and many supplementary images flesh out the discussions. Full-color images; slipcase; two ribbon markers. Winner of the 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award for Art.

Publishing Date: September 2016

126 pages; (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-0915977956