Oak and New Chambers Streets

Photographer Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

Date1935

DimensionsImage: H 6 9/16 x W 7 7/8 in. (H 16.7 x W 20 cm)
Paper: H 17 11/16 x W 14 3/16 in. (H 44.9 x W 36 cm)
Mat: H 20 x W 16 in. (H 50.8 x W 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Audrey McMahon, 1950

Object number50.2445

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Object NamePhotograph

Title Details

Published Title Oak and New Chambers Streets

Remarks Yochelson, Bonnie. Changing New York. New York: The New Press, 1997.

Inscriptionspaper recto: c.r. graphite "BERENICE ABBOTT" paper verso: u.l. graphite "50.2445"; u.l. black ink "FP30"; c. graphite "Oak and New Chambers Street / Manhattan / Neg. 17 - Code III-B-1 / October 7 - 1935"(script); l.r. graphite "50.2445 / Motter[script]"Marks and Labels/Stampspaper verso: c. stamp faded red ink "FEDERAL ART PROJECT / "Changing New York" / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT" (all encased in a square); c. stamp red ink "photograph / berenice abbott / 50 commerce st. / new york city"; l.r. stamp black ink "30 Mar '60"ProvenanceAudrey McMahon, 27 Washington Square North, New York, New York

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