BERENICE ABBOTT | Selected Images from the Retrospective Portfolio

a group of 6 large-format photographs from the Retrospective Portfolio (New York, 1982), comprising Automat; Milkwagon and Old Houses, Grove Street; Shoe Shine Parlor; Foundations of Rockefeller Center; Cheese Store, Bleecker Street; and Under the El at the Battery, each mounted, signed and editioned '17/40' in pencil on the mount, the portfolio stamp on the reverse, 1930s, printed in 1982 (6)

These photographs are in generally excellent condition. The following are visible on several of the mounts: excess dry-mounting tissue, slightly visible at the perimeter of the print; occasional minor soiling on the front and/or reverse; and softly bumped corners. 'Automat,' 1936: '4000' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse. 'Milkwagon and Old Houses, Grove Street,' 1936: '3200' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse. 'Shoe Shine Parlor,' 1930s: '3600' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse. 'Foundations of Rockefeller Center,' 1932: '3200' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse. 'Cheese Store, Bleecker Street,' 1937: There is a faint one-1/4-inch scuff in the lower left quadrant. '3400' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse. 'Under the El at the Battery,' 1932: '2800' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse.
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