BERENICE ABBOTT | New York at Night

mounted to several layers of heavy paper, signed in pencil on the mount, the photographer's '50 Commerce Street' credit stamp on the reverse, framed, a Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, label on the reverse, 1932 (Steidl, Vol. II, cover, frontispiece, and p. 35)

This early print is in generally good to very good condition. Upon close inspection, there are several areas of warm discoloration. There are a few tiny deposits of retouching, likely original. Under very high raking light, there is a faint crease in the upper left corner, possibly a result of the mounting process. The mount is appropriately age-darkened and yellowed at the edges, more noticeably along the right edge. There are a few scattered fox marks and a charcoal-colored smudge in the lower right corner. The reverse of the mount is faintly soiled and stained along the edges, more noticeably along the left side. When examined under ultraviolet light, this print does not appear to fluoresce.
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