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Sunset from Williamsburg Bridge.

  • ARTIST: Joseph Pennell

  • MEDIUM: Etching,

    DATE: 1915.

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition c.100. Image size 8 1/2 x 7 3/4" (21.5 x 19 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: The composition presents a view from the Williamsburg Bridge, looking toward the Manhattan skyline at sunset. From this elevated vantage point, Pennell emphasizes the expansive sweep of the East River and the dense aggregation of buildings beyond, rendering the city as a complex interplay of structure, distance, and light.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in pencil.

  • CONDITION: Very good condition. Printed on a sheet of eighteenth-century paper.

  • REFERENCE: Wuerth #674.