Corner Pier, The Prudential Building, Buffalo, New York

© The Estate of John Szarkowski, courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery

Corner Pier, The Prudential Building, Buffalo, New York

Currently not on view

Corner Pier, The Prudential Building, Buffalo, New York,

1951

John Szarkowski, American, 1925–2007
2001-168

Information

Title
Corner Pier, The Prudential Building, Buffalo, New York
Dates

1951

Maker
John Szarkowski
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19 x 24.1 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 20.4 x 25.3 cm. (8 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.) mount: 25.2 x 30.3 cm. (9 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist in memory of David Hunter McAlpin, Class of 1920
Object Number
2001-168
Place Depicted

North America, United States, New York, Buffalo

Inscription
Inscribed and signed in graphite, verso along upper edge: PRUDENTIAL (GUARANTEE) BUILDING, BUFFALO, 1951, John Szarkowski
Marks/Labels/Seals
Cropping marks in ink along lower edge on image
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process, mounting
Subject
cities, doors, posters, buildings, text

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