Andreas Feininger
Midtown Manhattan Seen from Weehawken, NJ

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Artist Andreas Feininger (American, born France, 1906–1999)American, born France, 1906–1999

CultureAmerican

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Midtown Manhattan Seen from Weehawken, NJ

Date1942

PlaceNew York, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 3/8 × 13 1/16 in. (26.4 × 33.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 13/16 in. (40.5 × 50.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of the estate of Gertrud E. Feininger

Object number2011.943

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionThis photograph was illustrated on the cover of the book The Face of New York: The City as It Was and as It Is (1953), which consists of prints, drawings, and photographs selected by Andreas Feininger. The illustrations in the book are accompanied by comments from historian Susan E. Lyman. The book portrays the 300-year transformation of a Dutch settlement into a metropolis of skyscrapers, a transformation that occurred up to the time that the book was published. Shot with a telephoto lens from the New Jersey shore over the Hudson River on a hazy day, Feininger dematerialized the architecture of steel and glass as ephemeral shadows, revealing an unknown, organic aspect of the monuments of the modern era.
ProvenanceGertrud E. Feininger, New York; given to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History“The Will to Architecture,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 1–July 6, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso bottom edge center in pencil: 1649

Unsigned

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