Brooklyn Bridge by Max Arthur Cohn

Brooklyn Bridge by Max Arthur Cohn

Brooklyn Bridge

Max Arthur Cohn

Title

Brooklyn Bridge

 
Artist
Year
1945  
Technique
color serigraph (screenprint) 
Image Size
19 x 15" image 
Signature
ink signed in image, lower right 
Edition Size
25 
Annotations
 
Reference
 
Paper
ivory wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
9062 
Price
SOLD
Description

A vibrant, saturated image of one of the most recognized bridges in the world, Max Arthur Cohn's "Brooklyn Bridge" encapsulates the burgeoning Abstract Expressionist movement in this 1945 silkscreen. As well, he employs a medium that was previously relegated to commercial use, create a layered, complex image with multiple screens.

Throughout the 1940s, Cohn continued to produce his fine screenprints. To introduce his methods to other artists, he co-authored a book in 1942 with J. I. Beigeleisen titled Silk Screen Stenciling as a Fine Art.

Looking back on this important time in his career, Cohn said: "With the usual method of silkscreen, the colors come on very heavy. I tried to make the silkscreen more or less imitate the quality of a watercolor in its transparency."

In the 1950s, Cohn owned a graphic arts business in Manhattan where he demonstrated and helped a young Andy Warhol do his first silkscreen prints.