Berenice Abbott
Fifth Avenue, # 4, 6, 8, Manhattan

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Fifth Avenue, # 4, 6, 8, Manhattan
from the series Changing New York

Date1936

PlaceNew York, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (19 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (19.1 × 24.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the estate of Caroline Wiess Law, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.507

Not on view

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Photography

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Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceUrsula Gropper Gallery, Sausalito, CA.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Ursula Gropper Associates 3/5/1989.
Exhibition History"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.

"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 black, verso of sheet: "FEDERAL ART PROJECT / 'Changing New York' / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT"

Stamped in black, with pencil insertions: "Title: Fifth Avenue Nos. 4,6,8 / Place: Manhattan / Neg. #87 / Code: I-A-1 and I-A-3 / Date: March 20, 1936"

Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: "1936 / 150 / 49"

Signed in pencil, verso, between two stamped inscriptions: "Berenice Abbott"

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