Brooklyn Bridge: A Love Song
Brooklyn Bridge: A Love Song
Date
2002
Edition Size
60
Media
Acrylic, Silkscreen
Binding
Leather case, quarter
Dimensions
14 × 12 in
Collection
Collection Development, Limited Edition Artists BooksView Collectors
Boston Athenaeum
Columbia University
Harvard University
Library of Congress (LoC)
National Gallery of Art Library
Smith College
Swarthmore College
Wellesley College
Yale University
The Brooklyn Bridge has, since its opening in 1883, inspired many writers and artists: Hart Crane and Walker Evans perhaps the most famous of these. The bridge was, on completion, the first Steel Cable Suspension Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, and the first major bridge to use multiple pneumatic caissons. Designed by John Roebling and completed by his son, Washington Roebling, the bridge still inspires, perhaps more so as the country’s vision of one of their national monuments changed on September 11, 2001. Donald Glaister, one of the world’s pre-eminent designer bookbinders has, for the first time, created an edition book and it is a beauty. In materials that are not what one would expect for a book – but completely in keeping with the subject of the book – it is contemporary book art of the very highest quality.