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Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

October 24, 1935

Artist:

Berenice Abbott
American, 1898–1991

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Berenice Abbott

Title

Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1935

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Signed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "BERENICE ABBOTT"; inscribed verso, on mount, upper left, in graphite: "2"; inscribed and stamped verso, on mount, lower left, in blue [?] pencil and brown ink: "Federal Art Project #1 / W. P. A. N. Y. C. / Berenice Abbott, Supervisor [inscribed in blue [?] pencil] / photograph / berenice abbott / 50 commerce st. / new york city [stamped in brown ink] / Blossom Restaurant / 103 Bowery / neg # 26 Code# I A 2 / 10/24/35"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 18.8 × 24.3 cm (7 7/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Mount: 44 × 35.3 cm (17 3/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Art Institute of Chicago, Works Progress Administration Allocation

Reference Number

1943.1387

Extended information about this artwork

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