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Naval Helicopter Take-off, Anacostia, Washington, D.C.,

1949, printed 1985

Andreas Feininger, 1906–1999; born Paris, France; died New York, NY; active Paris, New York, Weimar, Germany, and Stockholm, Sweden
2024-218

Information

Title
Naval Helicopter Take-off, Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
Dates

1949, printed 1985

Maker
Andreas Feininger
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 34.3 × 43 cm (13 1/2 × 16 15/16 in.) sheet: 41.1 × 50.7 cm (16 3/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund and gift of Marthe M. Smith
Object Number
2024-218
Place Depicted

North America, Washington, D.C., Anacostia

Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Subject
time-lapse photography, night, helicopters

TIme Inc.; acquired by Marthe Smith, ca. 1985; given to and purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2025.

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