Roast Corn Man

© Berenice Abbott / Commerce Graphics Ltd.

Roast Corn Man

Currently not on view

Roast Corn Man,

1938

Berenice Abbott, 1898–1991; born Springfield, OH; died Monson, ME
1995-2

Information

Title
Roast Corn Man
Dates

1938

Maker
Berenice Abbott
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 25.2 x 19.4 cm (9 15/16 x 7 5/8 in.) sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard Greenberg
Object Number
1995-2
Inscription
Stamped verso: DUPLICATE / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / "Changing New York" / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT; and stamped & handwritten below: Title: Roast Corn Man / Place: Orchard and Hester Streets, Manhattan / Neg. # L-3 / Code: III B 5 / Date: May 3, 1938
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
carts, vendors, sidewalks, men, cityscapes, cities

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