Queensboro Bridge, New York
ArtistDrawn by
Richard Welling
American, 1926 - 2009
Datebefore 1971
MediumDrawing; pencil and gray markers on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 23 1/2 x 17 7/8in. (59.7 x 45.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 23 1/2 x 17 7/8in. (59.7 x 45.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 23 1/2 x 17 7/8in. (59.7 x 45.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of one of the towers of the Queensboro Bridge in New York City, from a ground-level perspective below the bridge. The tower's brick supports and decorative finials are depicted, as are the bridge's trusses, with the outlines of a few buildings sketched out in the background.
Object number2012.284.5449
MarkingsRecto, bottom right, handwritten in black and red ink on tape: "36 [Chinese characters] / Demo 8 [circled] 2 [circled] / P75 [underlined] 18%"Verso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, bottom right, handwritten in blue ink: "STEP 2 PROJECT 8"
Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "2"
Verso, bottom, handwritten in pencil: "P. 75 Tec of Drawing Building"NotesSubject Note: A reproduction of this drawing appears on page 75 of Richard Welling's The Technique of Drawing Buildings, as step two in a four-step series.
Date Note: The date is based on the year The Technique of Drawing Buildings was published.
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