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BERENICE ABBOTT (American, 1898-1991) HENRY STREET (LOOKING WEST FROM MARKET STREET) negative nu...

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BERENICE ABBOTT (American, 1898-1991) HENRY STREET (LOOKING WEST FROM MARKET STREET) negative nu...
BERENICE ABBOTT (American, 1898-1991) HENRY STREET (LOOKING WEST FROM MARKET STREET) negative number "48" inscribed in negative border Federal Art Project stamp in purple ink on verso stamp filled out by Abbott in pencil: "Title: Henry Street", "Place: Manhattan", "Date: Nov. 29, 1935", "Neg #: 48", "Code: IA5" vintage gelatin silver print 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (19.4 x 24.4 cm) November 29, 1935 PROVENANCE Private Collection, NEW YORK LITERATURE Elizabeth McCausland, NEW YORK IN THE THIRTIES, NEW YORK, 1973, pl. 18 (illustrated) Hank O'Neal, BERENICE ABBOTT: AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER, NEW YORK, 1982, p. 111 (illustrated) Bonnie Yochelson, BERENICE ABBOTT: CHANGING NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 1997, p. 93, Lower East Side section, pl. 8 (illustrated) The Municipal Building and the Woolworth Building have regained their prominence on the lower Manhattan skyline since the destruction of the World Trade Center. In this photograph, these towers are depicted in their first glory looming over the Lower East Side tenement buildings. Completed in 1913, the Woolworth Building was the tallest in the world until 1929, when the Manhattan Bank building and the Chrysler building surpassed it. In her search for an authentic document, Abbott captured the special character of an early winter morning with strong sunlight and slush still visible in the street.
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