Edward Bruce (1879-1943), Under the Bridge

Oil on canvas, unsigned, inscribed on the stretcher with the title, presented in a later decorative frame.

SS 26.5 x 25.5 in.; DOA 32 x 31 in.

In 1916, at the age of forty-three, Edward Bruce left a successful career as a lawyer and entrepreneur to pursue art full-time. By 1932 he was forced to join the business world again in order to make a living. However, by late 1933, Bruce was appointed by the Treasury Department as administrator of the first federally supported arts program, the Public Works of Art Project.

$800 - 1,200