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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Gates and Bridges
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Gates and Bridges

Object numberMO 1956.301
Artist (Hungarian, 1900 - 1972)
Dateca. 1930s
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsimage H 11 3/8 in x W 8 1/2 in (28.9 cm x 21.6 cm )
overall H 13 in x W 10 in (33 cm x 25.4 cm )

DescriptionA black and white lithographic print depicting an arrangement of highway and railroad bridges, telephone poles, and railroad crossing gates. The artist's facsimile signature (J. Gross. B.) forms part of the image at the bottom. The title is in pencil below the image in the lower left: Gates and Bridges. Typed below the image, center: FEDERAL ART PROJECT NO. 1. The artist's pencil signature is below the image in the lower right: Jolan Gross Bettelheim.
Label TextThis print was created for the Ohio Art Project, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. It was displayed at the New York World's Fair in 1940.
Additional Details
Credit LineAllocated by the U.S. Government, Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 1935 - 1943. Held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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