Otto Kuhler, 'The Tower Grows' also 'Building the Hudson River Bridge'; also 'The Hudson River Bridge Under Construction', etching, 1927, edition 50, Kennedy 16. Signed, dated, titled, and annotated 'Ed. Ltd. Del et imp'. and 'Ed. 50'. in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, with selectively wiped overall plate tone, on Arches cream laid paper, the full sheet with margins (1 3/8 to 2 5/8 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist. Image size 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches; sheet size 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 inches. Archivally sleeved, unmatted.
A view of the Hudson River Bridge construction from the New York side with the Palisades in the background. One of a series of prints by the artist documenting the construction of the George Washington Bridge.
Not far from where we lived, the great new George Washington bridge across the Hudson to the New Jersey shore was slowly taking shape... This was steel at its very best and I could not resist the opportunity of recording the bridge at its various stages of construction in a series of etching plates." – Otto Kuhler
Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.