City Arabesque, neg L-15

Photographer Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

Date1938

Geographic OriginNew York, New York

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: H 13 7/8 x W 11 in. (H 35.2 x W 27.9 cm)
Mat: H 20 x W 16 in. (H 50.8 x W 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Audrey McMahon, 1950

Object number50.2512

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Object NamePhotograph

Title Details

Published Title City Arabesque, neg L-15

Remarks Yochelson, Changing New York, 1997

Inscriptionsverso: u.l. graphite "50.2512"; u.l. black ink "FP 58 / C3"; l.r. graphite "50.2512"Marks and Labels/Stampsverso: u.c. stamp faded black ink "FEDERAL ART PROJECT / "Changing New York" / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT" (all encased in a square); c. stamp, faded black ink with handwriting in graphite "Title:[ink] City Arabesque[graphite, script] / Place:[ink] Manhattan[graphite, script] / Angle: From roof of 60 Wall Tower[graphite, script] / Neg. #[ink] L-15[graphite] / Code:[ink] I . F[graphite] / Date:[ink] June 9, 1938[graphite]" (all encased in a square)ProvenanceAudrey McMahon, 27 Washington Square North, New York, New York

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