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City Arabesque,
1938, printed 1970s
Berenice Abbott, 1898–1991; born Springfield, OH; died Monson, ME
x1987-15
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Abbott made this photograph from the top of what was then called 60 Wall Tower (now the American International Building), looking northeast across Manhattan’s financial district. When Abbott photographed 60 Wall, the building was six years old and the third tallest in the world; it remained the highest in downtown Manhattan until the construction of the World Trade Center. The area visible in Abbott’s view changed very little between 1938 and 1967, when Danny Lyon made many photographs along Gold Street and other thoroughfares that are visible in Abbott’s image.
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Title
City Arabesque
Dates
1938, printed 1970s
Maker
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
33.6 x 24.7 cm. (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
mount: 50.8 x 40.6 cm. (20 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Malcolm Goldstein, Class of 1947
Object Number
x1987-15
Place Depicted
North America, United States, New York, Manhattan, New York, Sixty Wall Tower, 70 Pine Street
Signatures
Signed on recto below image lower right
Inscription
In graphite, lower right: BERENICE ABBOTT
Stamped, verso: BERENICE ABBOTT / ABBOT, MAINE 04406 / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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