About the Artwork
Manhattan Bridge
1936
Berenice Abbott
1898-1991
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19.1 cm) Mount: 18 × 14 1/2 inches (45.7 × 36.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund
F1986.49
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Signed in pencil, lower right: BERENICE ABBOTT
Inscribed, titled in pencil, verso, center: Manhattan Bridge Inscribed in black ink, verso, top edge, center: 122/M [crossed out in red ink] Inscribed in red ink, verso, top edge, center: 113 Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom edge center: 2-97 PG 169 Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right corner: 197 over 99 Inscribed in pencil, verso, left center: 8 3/4 Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower right corner: 105%
Stamped on verso, center: BERENICE ABBOTT | PHOTOGRAPH | 50 COMMERCE STREET | NEW YORK 14, N. Y. Green label verso, lower left corner: ABBOTT 2-97 | U.S. ORIGIN
Provenance
1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Berenice Abbott, Manhattan Bridge, 1936, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, F1986.49.
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