LOZOWICK, Louis

American (1892 – 1973)

Hell Gate Bridge, 1928

Flint 12. Lithograph on wove paper watermarked FRANCE, with full margins. Edition of 15. Signed and dated in pencil.

13 x 9 ¾ inches  |  33 x 24.8 cm

Hell Gate Bridge is the main structure in a rail link between the Bronx and Queens. Built in 1917, it became an essential connector in the heavily traveled Northeast rail corridor between Washington and Boston, and it was all about convenience. Previously, passengers traveling from Washington to Boston, for example, had to take one train to Jersey City, a ferry to Manhattan, find Grand Central Terminal, and catch another train to New England. This bridge changed it all.

Lozowick elongated and exaggerated the foreshortening of the tower to strengthen the vertical thrust.

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