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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.23
People
Berenice Abbott, American (Springfield, Ohio 1898 - 1991 Abbott Village, Maine)
Title
Willow Street, No. 104, between Clark and Pierrepont Streets, Brooklyn
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Changing New York, 1939
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
May 14, 1936
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189953

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.2 x 19.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
mount: 45 x 36 cm (17 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 900
  • stamp: verso, center, ink: FEDERAL ART PROJECT
    "Changing New York"
    PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT
  • stamp: verso, center, ink: Title: [with inscription: Willow Street, No. 104
    Place: [with inscription: Brooklyn}
    Angle of View:
    Date: [with inscription: May 14, 1936]
    Neg. # [with inscription: 121] Code: [with inscription: II A.3.]
  • label: verso, center, paper with typed notation: WPA Federal Art Project, 110 King St. NYC.
    Exhibition Department
    Date March 24, 1939
    House Name
    Bernice [sic] Abbott
    Artists Name
    Title Willow St #104 Age
    Neg. 121 Code I A 3
    Medium Dept. #
    Instructor Ph. 150 Acc. #
    FAP: 1594
  • inscription: recto of the mount, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: BERENICE ABBOTT

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, New York, by exchange to the Harvard University Art Museum, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn, by exchange
Copyright
© Berenice Abbott
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
P2000.23
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Photographs, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/29/2000 - 07/23/2000

Verification Level

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