Wall Street Showing East River | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P2000.145
People: Berenice Abbott, American (Springfield, Ohio 1898 - 1991 Abbott Village, Maine)
Title: Wall Street Showing East River
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Changing New York, 1939
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: May 4, 1938
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/169242

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: sheet: 50.2 x 20.2 cm (19 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Charina Foundation (Richard L. Menschel, President), New York, NY, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Charina Foundation
Copyright: © Berenice Abbott
Accession Year: 2000
Object Number: P2000.145
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/13/2016 - 10/05/2016

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