Queensboro Bridge, N.Y.
ArtistDrawn by
Richard Welling
American, 1926 - 2009
Date1967
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 18 x 23 1/2in. (45.7 x 59.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 x 23 1/2in. (45.7 x 59.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 x 23 1/2in. (45.7 x 59.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of the Queensboro Bridge in New York City. The bridge's masonry and steel girders are depicted in detail in the foreground, with the distant towers sketched in less detail. There is a barge passing under the bridge on the left and automobiles on the street below on the right.
Object number2012.284.5447
MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, bottom right, handwritten in black ink: "WELLING 10/16/67"Bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "Fig. 27" [circled]
Bottom right, handwritten in blue ink: "ILLUSTRATION FOR PROJECT 8 - CAPTION 3" ["3" is circled]
Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "P. 74"
Verso, bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "56% / 1 NEG- / CENTER / ON 14X17"
Bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "7 QUEENSBORO BRIDGE, N.Y." [crossed out in pencil]
NotesSubject Note: A reproduction of this drawing appears on page 74 of Richard Welling's The Technique of Drawing Buildings.
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- Richard Welling Collection
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