Silkscreen in colors. Signed and numbered. With the copyright stamp on the reverse. One of 5 trial proofs inscribed "PP". On Lenox museum cardboard. 99.5 x 99.5 cm. , the full sheet.
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York (with the blindstamp). Published by Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Commission, New York. [EH].
- Warhol stages the New York landmark in his characteristic technique. - Created on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge. - Warhol, an icon of pop culture, memorializes his city with this work. - His rise to fame as one of the world's most famous artists began in his renowned New York Factory in the 1960s.
LITERATURE: Frayda Feldman, Jörg Schellmann, Claudia Defendi. Andy Warhol Prints. A catalogue raisonné 1962-1987, New York 2003, no. II.290.
