Fifth Avenue Theater Interior: Drinking Fountain Behind Scenes, 1185 Broadway, Manhattan
1938
Berenice Abbott
Artist, American, 1898 - 1991
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 25.2 x 20.1 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
image: 24.3 x 19 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.) -
Accession Number
2011.106.11
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Robert and Joyce Menschel, New York; Robert and Joyce Menschel Family Foundation, New York; gift to NGA, 2011.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, artist's stamp, upper center in purple ink: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / "Changing New York" / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT; artist's stamp in purple ink with artist's annotations in graphite, lower center [in box]: Title: Fifth Avenue Theater Interior: / Drinking Fountain Behind / Scene / Place: 1185 Broadway, Manhattan / Angle of View: / Date: Nov. 2, 1938 / Neg. #: L-27 Code: III.C.1; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: X-BAB-013
Wikidata ID
Q64145200