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The Bridge

Artist C. Yarnall Abbott (American, 1870 - 1938)
Dateca. 1904
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 5 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (13.67 × 17.45 cm)
Mount (1): 5 3/4 × 7 3/16 inches (14.61 × 18.26 cm)
Mount (2): 17 7/16 × 13 11/16 inches (44.25 × 34.77 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.2
Signednone
InscribedOn mount 2 verso, upper left, in black pen: "Pittsburgh 1904 / London Salon 1904 / The Hague 1904"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a train traveling across a railway bridge with a waterfall beneath, a city skyline in the background, and a pebbled shoreline along the lower right. Some windows from the multi-story buildings are illuminated.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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