Brooklyn Bridge

 

Max Arthur Cohn

  1903 - 1998 (biography)

1945  

color serigraph (screenprint) 

19 x 15" image 

ink signed in image, lower right 

25 

 

 

ivory wove 

published 

artist 

9062 

SOLD

A vibrant, saturated image of one of the most recognized bridges in the world, Max Arthur Cohn's "Brooklyn Bridge" encapsulates the burgeoning Abstract Expressionist movement in this 1945 silkscreen. As well, he employs a medium that was previously relegated to commercial use, create a layered, complex image with multiple screens.

Throughout the 1940s, Cohn continued to produce his fine screenprints. To introduce his methods to other artists, he co-authored a book in 1942 with J. I. Beigeleisen titled Silk Screen Stenciling as a Fine Art.

Looking back on this important time in his career, Cohn said: "With the usual method of silkscreen, the colors come on very heavy. I tried to make the silkscreen more or less imitate the quality of a watercolor in its transparency."

In the 1950s, Cohn owned a graphic arts business in Manhattan where he demonstrated and helped a young Andy Warhol do his first silkscreen prints.