St. Bartholomew's Church, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and General Electric Building, Park Avenue and 51st Street

Photographer Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

Date1936

DimensionsImage: H 9 1/2 x W 7 1/4 in. (H 24.1 x W 18.4 cm)
Paper: H 17 3/4 x W 14 1/8 in. (H 45.1 x W 35.9 cm)
Mat: H 20 x W 15 7/8 in. (H 50.8 x W 40.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Audrey McMahon, 1950

Object number50.2449

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Object NamePhotograph

Title Details

Published Title St. Bartholomew's Church, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and General Electric Building, Park Avenue and 51st Street

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

Inscriptionspaper recto: c.r. graphite "BERENICE ABBOTT" paper verso: u.l. graphite "50.2449"; u.l. black ink "FP 34"; c. blue ink "St. Bartholomew's, Waldorf-Astoria / and General Electric Building / Park Avenue and 51st Street, Manhattan / Neg# 96 code I.A.3 / April 2 1936"(script); l.r. graphite "Motter"(script)Marks and Labels/Stampspaper verso: u.c. stamp fadedand blurred red ink "FEDERAL ART PROJECT / "Changing New York" / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT" (all encased in a square); u.c. typed label "ST. BARTHOLEMEW'S[sic], WALDORF*ASTORIA AND / GENERAL ELECTRIC BUILDING / Religion and commerce consort here, with / the skyscraper edging into a residential / area and the church occupying the former / site of a brewery. The Waldorf-Astoria / at right is famous for its luxury, Sert / decorations and "Peacock Alley." "; 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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