Pier 56
Berenice Abbott, American, 1898 - 1991
about 1935-1938
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 7 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (20.2 × 17.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Fine Arts Awards Fund
© Berenice Abbott/Commerce Graphics
PH.2000.16
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, on reverse, in graphite, lower center: Berenice Abbott; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, lower left: Cunard White Star Pier / 4322.1; Stamped, on reverse, in red ink, at center: BERENICE ABBOTT / PHOTOGRAPH / 50 COMMERCE STREET / NEW YORK 14, N.Y.
Course History
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
Berenice Abbott’s Changing New York, Israel Sack Gallery [American Works on Paper Wall], Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 16-November 10, 2013.
Provenance
G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2000.
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