Brooklyn Bridge Card Case
The Brooklyn Bridge is often interpreted as a symbol of modernity with cultural and industrial expansion. Yet the builder endowed the bridge with a sense of spirituality that is felt through the grace of the structure itself as it echoes the forms of gothic cathedrals. The famed American artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) captured and blended these meanings in her important 1948 painting "Brooklyn Bridge", a work in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum upon which this business card case is based.Polished metal. 2 x 3.5 inches
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum