Washington Square, Looking North

Photographer Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

Date1936

DimensionsImage: H 7 1/8 x W 9 1/8 in. (H 18.1 x W 23.2 cm)
Paper: H 17 3/4 x W 14 1/4 in. (H 45.1 x W 36.2 cm)
Mat: H 20 x W 16 in. (H 50.8 x W 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Audrey McMahon, 1950

Object number50.2446

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Object NamePhotograph

Title Details

Published Title Washington Square, Looking North

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

Inscriptionspaper recto: c.r. graphite "BERENICE ABBOTT" paper verso: u.l. graphite "50.2446"; u.l. black ink "31"; c. graphite "Federal Art Project / W.P.A. N.Y.C. / Berenice Abbott, Sup."(script); l.c. graphite "Washington Square, Looking North / Manhattan / Neg# 103 code# I13 / 4/16/36"(script); l.r. graphite "50.2446"Marks and Labels/Stampsc. stamp red ink "photograph / berenice abbott / 50 commerce st. / new york city"ProvenanceAudrey McMahon, 27 Washington Square North, New York, New York

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