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JOSEPH STELLA (1877-1946)
Lot 6 Property from a Prominent Private Collection

JOSEPH STELLA (1877-1946)

Study of the Brooklyn Bridge (Study for 'New York Interpreted: The Bridge')

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JOSEPH STELLA (1877-1946)
Study of the Brooklyn Bridge (Study for 'New York Interpreted: The Bridge')
signed and dated 'Joseph/Stella/1922' (lower right)—inscribed with various notations (in the left margin)
watercolor and charcoal on paper
image, 19 1⁄4 x 15 3⁄8 in. (48.9 x 39 cm.)
overall, 21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm.)
Executed in 1922.

The artist.
Private collection, gift from the above.
Private collection, by descent.
Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 2005, lot 76, sold by the above.
Private collection, East Coast, acquired from the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 2006, lot 143, sold by the above.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 23 May 2017, lot 13, 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 Bridge, one of five panels from his masterwork The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted (1920-22, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey). The artist famously returned to the Brooklyn Bridge theme repeatedly in his career, celebrating the impressive structure as a symbol of the modern metropolis.