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Forsyth and East Houston Street

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

February 11, 1937

Artist:

Berenice Abbott
American, 1898–1991

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Berenice Abbott

Title

Forsyth and East Houston Street

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1937

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Signed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "BERENICE ABBOTT"; verso, on mount, upper center: "[government label]"; stamped and inscribed verso, on mount, lower left, in graphite and brown ink: "Federal Art Project / NYCty [?] / Berenice Abbott, supervisor [inscribed in graphite] / photograph / berenice abbott / 50 commerce st. / new york city [stamped in brown ink] / Forsythe [sic] + East Huston [sic] Streets / Neg. 207 - Code III B - 1 / February 11, 1937 [inscribed in graphite]"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 18.9 × 24.2 cm (7 1/2 × 9 9/16 in.); Mount: 44.4 × 35.1 cm (17 1/2 × 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Art Institute of Chicago, Works Progress Administration Allocation

Reference Number

1943.1403

Extended information about this artwork

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