George Washington Bridge by Allan Kaprow

Steel girders stretch across the Hudson. This is George Washington Bridge, a drawing by Allan Kaprow that treats infrastructure as raw mark-making. Charcoal smears and graphite scratches build the bridge’s lattice. The river below is a band of horizontal hatching, its surface disturbed by a single tugboat wake. No sky, no cars, only the skeleton of the span and the quiet friction of pencil on paper. Hang it above a mid-century credenza where its industrial lines echo wooden slats and chrome pulls.