Chelsea Hotel, West 23rd Street Between 7th and 8th Avenues, Manhattan, 1936

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portfolio Title

Changing New York

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 20 x 25.1 cm (7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Robert B. and Joyce Menschel Family Foundation

Accession Number

2011.106.12

Artists / Makers

Berenice Abbott (artist) American, 1898 - 1991

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Inscription

on verso, artist's stamp, across top in black ink: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / "Changing New York" / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT; by artist, across center in graphite: Chelsea Hotel / West 23rd Street Between 7th and 8th Avenues, Manhattan / Neg # 163 Code I.A.1 / August 12, 1936; artist's stamp, center right in black ink: DUPLICATE; lower right in brown ink: photograph / berenice abbott / 50 commerce st. / new york city; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: X-BAB.014; vertical along right edge: dup; lower right: GT

Provenance

Robert and Joyce Menschel, New York; Robert and Joyce Menschel Family Foundation, New York; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Menschel, Joyce F.