untitled (New York) [verso: The Chrysler Building, New York City]
untitled (New York) [verso: The Chrysler Building, New York City]
untitled (New York) [verso: The Chrysler Building, New York City]
untitled (New York) [verso: The Chrysler Building, New York City]

Currently not on view

untitled (New York) [verso: The Chrysler Building, New York City],

ca. 1935

Herbert Seligman, American, 1891 - 1984
x1993-156 a-b

Information

Title
untitled (New York) [verso: The Chrysler Building, New York City]
Dates

ca. 1935

Maker
Herbert Seligman
Medium
Two gelatin silver prints (mounted back-to-back)
Dimensions
image (recto): 10.2 x 7.5 cm. (4 x 2 15/16 in.) sheet (recto): 10.7 x 8.1 cm. (4 3/16 x 3 3/16 in.) image (verso): 10.2 x 7.6 cm. (4 x 3 in.) sheet (verso): 10.8 x 8.2 cm. (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
x1993-156 a-b
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand: WE.2 [verso upper right corner; second number possible covered by hinge] c.1930 / XIV.52 [verso center] 2 (?) [verso lower left corner; partially covered by hinge]
Culture
American
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs
Subject
buildings, skyscrapers, cityscapes

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