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

Dey Street, between West and Washington Streets, Manhattan

© Berenice Abbott/ Commerce Graphics

Dey Street, between West and Washington Streets, Manhattan
Dey Street, between West and Washington Streets, Manhattan
ArtistAmerican, 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 Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.505
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
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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