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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1972.93
People
Berenice Abbott, American (Springfield, Ohio 1898 - 1991 Abbott Village, Maine)
Title
New York at Night (west side, looking North from the upper thirties)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1933
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285560

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 34.5 x 27 cm (13 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Berenice Abbott
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on the mat: Berenice Abbott

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Witkin Gallery, New York, New York, sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Copyright
© Berenice Abbott
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
P1972.93
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Contemporary American Photographs, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/10/1972 - 01/01/1973
  • Chasing Shadows, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/1995 - 04/02/1995

Verification Level

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