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Primary source: John Marin, Brooklyn Bridge, watercolor, c. 1912.
Caption: An important American modernist painter, John Marin (1870–1953) established his reputation with his work in watercolors. Although known for his landscape paintings, Marin expresses his interest in urban life in Brooklyn Bridge, which associates the excitement of New York with the famous bridge. The bridge connects Manhattan to Brooklyn and had been completed about thirty years earlier, in 1883.
John Marin (American, 1870–1953) Brooklyn Bridge, watercolor on paper, 18-1/2 x 15 1/2 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949. (49.70.105), Photograph © 1989 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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