Under Riverside Drive Viaduct, at 125th Street and 12th Avenue, Manhattan

1937

Berenice Abbott

Associated Names
Berenice Abbott

Artist, American, 1898 - 1991

This is a photograph of an industrial urban scene with a focus on the architecture of a large iron bridge. The photograph shows a detailed view from beneath a series of intricately designed metal arches that form part of a bridge or elevated roadway. Below the structure, the street is lined with vintage automobiles and commercial buildings, with signage for businesses such as a wholesale meat market. In the background, a large industrial gas holder is visible against the clear sky. The composition contrasts the dark geometry of the bridge with the softer outlines of the gas holder, capturing a moment of urban life from a past era.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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Inscriptions

on verso, artist's stamp, upper center in red ink: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / "Changing New York" / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT; artist's stamp in red ink with artist's annotations in graphite, lower center [in box]: Title: Under Riverside Drive Viaduct / Plate: At 125th Street and 12th Avenue / Manhattan; Neg. #: 274; Code: IIA 4a; Date: November 10, 1937; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: X-BAB.006; lower right: ICP 1981.1149 GT

Wikidata ID

Q64145177

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