Glass Brick and Brownstone Fronts

Photography and Media

February 1, 1938

Berenice Abbott
American, 1898–1991

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Berenice Abbott
Title: Glass Brick and Brownstone Fronts
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1938
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed and signed verso, upper left, upside-down, in graphite: "Glass Brick & Brown stone Fronts / 211-09 E. 48TH ["TH" in superscript and underlined] St. N.Y.C. / By / Berenice Abbott"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 47.3 × 38 cm (18 5/8 × 15 in.)
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Works Progress Administration Allocation
Reference Number: 1943.1408

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