Berenice Abbott

numbered '142' in the negative, the photographer's Federal Art Project 'Changing New York' and caption stamps, with title, date, and annotations in colored pencil, on the reverse, 1936 (Yochelson, Middle West Side, pl. 21)

This photograph, on lightly textured, double-weight paper with a mostly matte surface, is in generally excellent condition. The margin corners are bumped, with the emulsion folded back at the tips. There are small clamp impressions in the margin. The reverse of the print is appropriately age-darkened at its periphery. Also on the reverse of the print, the 'Changing New York' stamp is annotated in colored pencil with the following information: Place: '33rd and 34th Streets, between 7th and 8th Avenues, Manhattan' Neg. # '142' Code: 'II.A2.b' Date: 'July 14, 1936'
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