Consolidated Edison Power House, 666 First Avenue (New York)
Artist: Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 -1991)
Date: November 14, 1938
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm);
Image: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.4 x 18.1 cm)
Medium: Vintage gelatin-silver print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1984.173
Label Text:
From 1935 to 1939, Berenice Abbott, with the support of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project, made a photographic survey of New York City. She worked with a large-format camera producing 8 x 10 inch negatives capable of reproducing the smallest of details and processed the photographs herself. The result was one of the most remarkable bodies of work focused on the life and architecture of the city. From majestic skyscrapers to tenements, from people on the streets to views of the streets abandoned, Abbott created a body of work emulating and rivaling her mentor and idol Eugène Atget’s images of Paris.
From 1935 to 1939, Berenice Abbott, with the support of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project, made a photographic survey of New York City. She worked with a large-format camera producing 8 x 10 inch negatives capable of reproducing the smallest of details and processed the photographs herself. The result was one of the most remarkable bodies of work focused on the life and architecture of the city. From majestic skyscrapers to tenements, from people on the streets to views of the streets abandoned, Abbott created a body of work emulating and rivaling her mentor and idol Eugène Atget’s images of Paris.
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