Live Auction 16381An American Journey: The Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Collection of Photographic Masterworks
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Lot 16

BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)

View of Exchange Place from Broadway, New York, 1934

Closed5 October 2018

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USD 18,750

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BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
View of Exchange Place from Broadway, New York, 1934
gelatin silver print, printed 1936–1939
stamped photographer's '50 commerce st.' credit with title in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (23.4 x 6 cm.)

Acquired directly from the artist by photographer Arthur Siegel (1913–1978), 1936–1939;
Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1985.

Specialist note

This photograph has always interested me; it was taken from Broadway, on about the tenth floor of a building that placed me as near as possible to looking straight down the street. I had devised a very low tripod that I used for shooting out of windows; it had adjustable legs and could be used on windowsills, holding my large Century Universal securely. It was used here. –Berenice Abbott