Berenice Abbott
El, 2nd and 3rd Avenue Lines: Hanover Square & Pearl Street, Manhattan

El, 2nd and 3rd Avenue Lines:  Hanover Square & Pearl Street, Manhattan

© Berenice Abbott/ Commerce Graphics

El, 2nd and 3rd Avenue Lines: Hanover Square & Pearl Street, Manhattan
El, 2nd and 3rd Avenue Lines:  Hanover Square & Pearl Street, Manhattan
ArtistAmerican, 1898–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • El, 2nd and 3rd Avenue Lines: Hanover Square & Pearl Street, Manhattan
  • from the series Changing New York
Date1936
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.4 × 19.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.502
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEx-collection New York Public Libary; Lunn Ltd., New York.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd., New York, 8/11/1990.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited 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.

Exhibited in, "New York, New York: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection", at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from October 8 - March 9, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in purple, verso, two purple rectangles with stamped and pencil insertions: "DUPLICATE / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / 'Changing New York' / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT / 'El" Second and Third Avenue Lines / Title: Hanover Square and Pearl Street / Place: Manhattan / Angle of View: / Date: March 6, 1936 / Neg.# 25-B / Code: II.A.2.f2"
The photograph is unsigned.

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