Lot 72: Sebastian Cruset (1859-1943)

North View Queensboro Bridge inscribed, dated and signed 'Enero 1910 S. Cruset' (lower right)--inscribed with title on the stretcher oil on canvas 14 x 241/4 in. (35.6 x 61.6 cm.) NOTES Sebastian Cruset sought to depict unique, almost topographic, perspectives of New York from perilously high vantage points of the upper balconies of the city's bridges. North View Queensboro Bridge was painted overlooking the East River, the Northern tip of Roosevelt Island and the shores of Manhattan and Queens. With exacting attention to detail, Cruset paints an active city, despite the snowy January day, as boats navigate the river and industrial smokestacks give off plumes of smoke visible on both shores. Shadows of the bridge itself are discernible in the foreground, reminding the viewer of the artist's extraordinary location.