The Singer Building, New York

c. 1910

Alvin Langdon Coburn

Associated Names
Alvin Langdon Coburn

Artist, British, born United States, 1882 - 1966

The image shows a high vantage point looking down a busy city street with tall buildings. A prominent structure with intricate architectural details, including a dome-like top, stands in the center. The photo does not reveal a horizon due to urban architecture filling the frame. The sepia tone gives it a vintage look. Details are soft and blurred, akin to an older photographic technique. The crowded street with blurred figures creates a sense of depth and scale in the cityscape.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Peter Bunnell, Princeton, NJ; NGA purchase (through Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 2010.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, under image on sheet in graphite: Alvin Langdon Coburn

Wikidata ID

Q64073891

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