Artist
Berenice Abbott (American, 1898–1991)American, 1898–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Gwen Le Gallienne, Paris
Date1925
Place depictedParis, France
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 6 3/4in. (23 × 17.2cm)
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in. (23 × 17.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 6 3/4 in. (23 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.220
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Paris Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, July 17-October 6, 2002.
Exhibited in, "American Vision: Photographers from the East, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-December 29, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, lower right hand corner: "Gwen Le Gallienne".
Inscribed in pencil, lower left hand corner: "MH65".
Inscribed in pencil in lower right hand corner: "PF16796".
Signed in pencil, verso, center: "Berenice Abbott". Signed, recto, in pencil lower right corner: "Abbott / Paris 1925".
verso lower left a stamp " Photograph / Berenice Abbott / Abbott, Maine 04406 "
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