Berenice Abbott
Dey Street, between West and Washington Streets, Manhattan

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Artist Berenice Abbott (American, 1898–1991)American, 1898–1991

CultureAmerican

Titles

Dey Street, between West and Washington Streets, Manhattan
from the series Changing New York

Date1936

PlaceNew York, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.3 × 24.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.2 cm)

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

Object number2002.505

Not on view

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Photography

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Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenanceartist;
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 brown, verso, center: "photograph / berenice abbott / 50 commerce st. / new york city"

Stamped in red, verso, in a stamped red box: "FEDERAL ART PROJECT / 'Changing New York' / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT"

Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, center: "Why Street, between What and Washington Streets, / Manhattan / beg-100 Code II .A.2.c. / April/8/36"

Inscribed in pencil, along lower sheet edge: "44 58.1 / Box 8"

The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, center: "Berenice Abbott"

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