Live Auction 17661American Art
Joseph Stella (1877-1946)
Lot 7

Joseph Stella (1877-1946)

Brooklyn Bridge

Closed20 November 2019

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USD 43,750

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Joseph Stella (1877-1946)
Brooklyn Bridge
signed twice 'Joseph Stella' and 'Stella' (center left)
watercolor and pencil on paper
image, 13 ¼ x 8 ¼ in. (33.7 x 21 cm.); overall, 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1920.

The artist.
Private collection, gift from the above.
Private collection, nephew of the above, by descent.
Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 2000, lot 184, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note


The present work is a study for Joseph Stella's The Port (The Harbor, The Battery), one of the five panels in The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted (1920-22, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey).