Double Screwarch Bridge, State III

Ca. 1981, acquired from the publisher, Multiples Inc. (New York) by Marian Goodman Gallery (New York); after 1980, sold to Charles M. Young (Glastonbury, CT); 9 February 1995, sold to Terese and Alvin S. Lane; 2008, deposited on long-term loan to the Chazen Museum of Art; 2012, bequeathed to the Chazen Museum of Art

• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection: Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Sculptors' Works on Paper." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1995. pp. 53, 141, cat. no. 44.8; pl. 17
• Goldman, Judith. "American Prints: Process and Proofs." New York: Harper & Row for Whitney Museum of American Art, 1981. pp. 124-129

• Lane Collection, The: Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Sculptors' Works on Paper: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/30/1995–12/3/1995

This horizontally oriented print features a large suspension bridge spanning a wide river. The main structure of the bridge consists of a pair of colossal, dark gray screws. The flat heads and shanks of each screw anchor the bridge on either side of the river, and the ridged threads of the screws bend inward toward each other. The tips of the screws point downward and meet in the middle, creating the central posts of the bridge. The bent screws form two large arches from which hang vertical suspension cables that connect to the deck of the bridge suspended over a wide blue river. Several vehicles, appearing small in comparison to the massive size of the bridge, drive across the bridge. Several ships sail in the river under the bridge, which curves toward the right edge of the print. Flanking the river on the left side of the print is an orange-tinted industrial-looking cityscape, which extends into the horizon, with blue billows of smoke dotting the skyline. Green trees line both sides of the riverbank in the foreground. The enormous bridge contrasts sharply against a dull, white sky.

• North America
• Prints
• Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection

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