The Queensborough Bridge
For an office building in Long Island City, White painted a large-scale mural that captivated its tenants and the surrounding community, who are able to view it clearly from the street up to nearly a block away. It is exceptionally detailed. It also incorporates painstaking work in perspective as it follows the bridge from Queens to Manhattan. The palette is largely muted, befitting its aged subject, yet strikes out selectively (signage, the upper sky). The overall effect is of a deep, moving historicity and a cheering ambition and expanse.