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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.170
People
Berenice Abbott, American (Springfield, Ohio 1898 - 1991 Abbott Village, Maine)
Title
Starrett-Lehigh Building: II (60 West 26th Street, Manhattan)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Changing New York
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
March 1, 1938
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/320306

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 20 x 24.5 cm (7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, top center and bottom center, stamps in black ink: FEDERAL ART PROJECT "Changing New York" PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT [and] DUPLICATE
  • inscription: verso, center, black ink and graphite: Title: Starrett-Lehigh Building: II, Place: 601 West 26th Street, Manhattan, Angle of view: From Eleventh Avenue and 23rd Street, looking northeast past the West Side Express Highway, Date: March 1, 1938, Neg.# 286 Code: I.A.3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Charina Foundation
Copyright
© Berenice Abbott/Commerce Graphics
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.170
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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