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Berenice Abbott

Springfield, Ohio 1898 – 1991 Monson, Maine

Fort Lowry Hotel, 8868 17th Avenue, Bath Beach, Brooklyn, New York. 1936

Vintage. Gelatin silver contact print. 20 × 24,5 cm (20,2 × 25,2 cm) (7 ⅞ × 9 ⅝ in. (8 × 9 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Berenice Abbott. Fort Lowry Hotel, 8868 17th Avenue, Bath Beach, Brooklyn, New York. 1936.

Estimate:

EUR 1,500

 

- 2,000

USD 1,650

 

- 2,200

Sold for:

375 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2019

Photography, Wednesday, 27.11.2019

Information

Vintage. Gelatin silver contact print. 20 × 24,5 cm (20,2 × 25,2 cm) (7 ⅞ × 9 ⅝ in. (8 × 9 ⅞ in.)). Signed in pencil and photographer's stamp on the reverse: "photograph, berenice abbott, 50 commerce st., new york city“, as well as further stamp: "FEDERAL ART PROJEKT, 'Changing New York', PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT“. Dated, titled, inscribed and numbered with indelible pencil and pencil by various hands.

Auction 19.2.2009, Swann Galleries, New York, lot 43

Bonnie Yochelson: Berenice Abbott. Changing New York. Photographien aus den 30er Jahren. Munich, Paris, London 1997/2002, Outer Boroughs, Brooklyn, pl. 21

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