1913
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower New York
John MarinAmerican, 1870 - 1953
When an etching plate is printed, dampened paper is laid on top of the inked plate and run through a press; the sheet is then lifted from the plate and the picture appears reversed on the paper. Thus to produce this representation of the Brooklyn Bridge (one of Marin’s favorite subjects) in the correct orientation, the artist had to draw the picture backwards on the plate. The indentation in the paper around the perimeter of the image, created when the beveled edges of the plate are pressed into the paper during printing, is called a “platemark.”
This plate is part of the Museum’s master set of nearly 200 prints and 70 plates that comprise the most comprehensive collection of Marin prints anywhere.
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