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Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

Berenice Abbott

Chicken Market, 55 Hester Street, Manhattan

Lot Closed

October 17, 04:51 PM GMT

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5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

Berenice Abbott

1898 - 1991

Chicken Market, 55 Hester Street, Manhattan


gelatin silver print, the photographer's Federal Art Project 'Changing New York,' ‘Rough’ and ‘Duplicate’ stamps and with annotations by a Federal Art Project assistant on the reverse

image: 9¾ by 7¾ in. (24.8 by 19.7 cm.)

frame: 19¾ by 17¼ in. (50.2 by 43.8 cm.)

Executed in 1937.


Please note that this lot will not be on view at Sotheby's York Avenue during the presale exhibition. It is available to view by appointment at Sotheby's Gantry Point in Long Island City, New York. Please contact Anjli Patel at Anjli.Patel@sothebys.com to schedule an appointment.

The Museum of the City of New York

Sotheby’s, New York, Berenice Abbott’s New York: Photographs from The Museum of The City of New York, 23 October 2002, Sale 7850, Lot 21

Acquired from the above by the present owner