RCA Building

© Andreas B. L. Feininger

RCA Building

Currently not on view

RCA Building,

ca. 1955

Andreas Feininger, 1906–1999; born Paris, France; died New York, NY; active Paris, New York, Weimar, Germany, and Stockholm, Sweden
2012-14

Information

Title
RCA Building
Dates

ca. 1955

Maker
Andreas Feininger
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.3 x 19.7 cm. (9 9/16 x 7 3/4 in.) sheet: 24.8 x 20.2 cm. (9 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Gertrud E. Feininger
Object Number
2012-14
Place Depicted

North America, United States, New York, Manhattan, New York, 30 Rockefeller Center

Signatures
Signed in graphite, verso
Inscription
In graphite, verso: 1258
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
roads, bird's-eye views, skyscrapers, windows, cityscapes, grids (layout features), cities, automobiles

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