The Wing

Photography and Media

1946

Berenice Abbott
American, 1898–1991

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Berenice Abbott
Title: The Wing
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 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

Art Institute of Chicago, “Seldom Seen Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” June 5, 1976-August 15, 1976.
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Human Environment,” October 13, 2021-January 2, 2022. (Gallery 10, Carl Fuldner)

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