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Image of Waterfall and Bridge

Rockwell Kent
American, 1882–1971
J. J. Lankes (aka Julius John Lankes)
American, 1884–1960

Waterfall and Bridge

1929

Object Type: Print
Creation Place: North America, American
Dimensions:
2 1/2 in. x 4 5/8 in. (6.35 cm x 11.75 cm)
Medium and Support: Woodcut on paper
Accession Number: 2005.0012.0013

Credit Line: Gift of J. B. Lankes


Rockwell Kent produced the design for this woodcut, which was used in an advertising campaign for stock brokerage houses between 1929 and 1930. In that era, obviously the intention was to deflect attention from the economic disaster of the Great Depression by focusing on the strength and solidity of the American industrial complex, as represented by the freight train on the railway trestle. The image implies a safe passage over troubled waters for American industry. The block was cut by a noted woodcut artist, J. J. Lankes from a drawing by Kent.

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