The Wing

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Berenice Abbott

Title

The Wing

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1946

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "The Wing [underlined twice] 1946"; stamped verso, center, in black ink: "BERENICE ABBOTT / PHOTOGRAPH / 50 COMMERCE STREET / NEW YORK 14, N.Y. / BERENICE ABBOTT / PHOTOGRAPH / 50 COMMERCE STREET / NEW YORK 14, N.Y."

Dimensions

Image/paper: 48.7 × 39 cm (19 3/16 × 15 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Peabody Fund

Reference Number

1952.2

Extended information about this artwork

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