Bridge in Frankfurt 1923

Here's a print of a bridge in Frankfurt, likely made around 1923 by Paul Kleinschmidt. The scene is captured with brisk, confident lines, like he’s mapping the city's pulse. I'm imagining Kleinschmidt, maybe sketching on location, trying to grab the industrial bones of the bridge with his needle. Notice how the thick, etched lines create depth and shadow. There's a real sense of the bridge as a physical structure, a thing you can walk across, with the city skyline almost a ghost in the background. This print reminds me of other artists from that time who were obsessed with the modern city, like the Futurists. They were all trying to capture speed, change, and the feeling of being alive in a new world. Artists are constantly looking at each other, arguing, borrowing, and pushing back – it's like one big conversation that never ends.