Hudson River Bridge

Artist/Maker Howard Cook (American, 1901 - 1980)

Date1930

MediumEtching

DimensionsSheet: 13 × 9 1/2 in. (33 × 24.1 cm) Plate: 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm) Frame: 21 3/4 × 17 5/8 × 1 in. (55.2 × 44.8 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward W. Root, W1905, P1944, H1952; Transferred From the Student Loan Collection

Object number1983.3

Not on view

Collections

American Art

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2007-2008
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist," September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (unnumbered cat., illus., 34).

1984
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection," July 10 - September 8, 1984 (no cat.).

1983
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection," June 18 - September 15, 1983 (no cat.).

Provenance May 1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Student Loan Collection;
1960 - 1983: Hamilton College (Student Loan Collection), by gift of Grace Root.

Published References THE BEST KIND OF LIFE: EDWARD W. ROOT AS TEACHER, COLLECTOR, AND NATURALIST (exh. cat. Clinton, Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 2007), 52, illus. 34.

Signature Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Howard Cook imp. 1930

Inscribed Entitled in pencil at lower left: Hudson River Bridge; inscribed in pencil at lower center: etching; in pencil along left edge [sideways]: 1/2 black with gold edge inside + 1/2 white; in pencil on verso at lower left: [measurement calculations]