Berenice Abbott
Gwen Le Gallienne, Paris

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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)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.220

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenanceartist;
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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