George Washington Bridge

Artist Henry Sugimoto (American, 1900 - 1990)

Date1962

MediumOil, canvas

ClassificationsFine Arts

Credit LineGift of Estate of Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto

Object number2015.7.13

DescriptionUnstretched. Image of the George Washington Bridge and the Hudson River in New York. In the bottom left corner, yellow trees provide the foreground, indicating the viewer's higher vantage point. A small boat (white) can be seen under the gray suspension bridge. On the left third of the image, the bridge pillar (dark blue) make up the biggest object, with the smaller pillar on the right third of the image indicating the Manhattan side in the distance. In the background (behind the bridge), a dark hill with tall brown buildings further frames the bridge and light blue sky. The consistency and vividness of the colors yellow (trees) and blue (bridge, sky, and river) are a visual focal point of the image.