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BERENICE ABBOTT (American, 1898-1991) GENERAL VIEW FROM PENTHOUSE AT 56 SEVENTH AVENUE Federal A...

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BERENICE ABBOTT (American, 1898-1991) GENERAL VIEW FROM PENTHOUSE AT 56 SEVENTH AVENUE Federal A...
BERENICE ABBOTT (American, 1898-1991) GENERAL VIEW FROM PENTHOUSE AT 56 SEVENTH AVENUE Federal Art Project stamp in purple ink on verso stamped "DUPLICATE" on verso stamped "photograph berenice abbott, 50 commerce st., new york city" in red ink on verso inscribed "General View from Pent House at 56-7th Avenue Manhattan, neg. 254, Code I.D.[I.O.?], 7/14/37" in pencil on verso by Abbott vintage gelatin silver print 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.4 x 19.4 cm) July 14, 1937 PROVENANCE Private Collection, NEW YORK LITERATURE Hank O'Neal, BERENICE ABBOTT: AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER, NEW YORK, 1982, p. 128 (illustrated) Bonnie Yochelson, BERENICE ABBOTT: CHANGING NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 1997, p. 196, Middle West Side section, pl. 1(illustrated) Abbott, in her characteristic no-nonsense style, said about this photograph, "There's no mystery here; I thought the chair looked nice and that including it would show the photograph was from a penthouse" (O'Neal, BERENICE ABBOTT: AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER, New York, 1982, p. 128).
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