Willow Street, No. 104, between Clark and Pierrepont Streets, Brooklyn

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
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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