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Gunsmith and Police Department, 6 Center Market Place, Manhattan, 1937
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BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Gunsmith and Police Department, 6 Center Market Place, Manhattan, 1937
gelatin silver print
stamped 'duplicate / federal art project / "Changing New York" / photographs by Bernice Abbott' and titled, dated and numbered 'neg. # 204' in pencil (verso)
image: 7 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (19.3 x 24.7 cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)
Gunsmith and Police Department, 6 Center Market Place, Manhattan, 1937
gelatin silver print
stamped 'duplicate / federal art project / "Changing New York" / photographs by Bernice Abbott' and titled, dated and numbered 'neg. # 204' in pencil (verso)
image: 7 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (19.3 x 24.7 cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, October 23, 2002, lot 7;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Bernice Abbott, Photographs, Horizon Press, New York, 1970, p. 118.
Hank O’ Neal, Bernice Abbott American Photographer, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1982, p. 106.
Bonnie Yochelson and Berenice Abbott: Changing New York, The Complete WPA Project, New Press : Museum of the City of New York, New York, 1997, pl. 30, p. 112.
Hank O’ Neal, Bernice Abbott American Photographer, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1982, p. 106.
Bonnie Yochelson and Berenice Abbott: Changing New York, The Complete WPA Project, New Press : Museum of the City of New York, New York, 1997, pl. 30, p. 112.
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