The Empire Stores warehouse on Water Street and Dock Street in Brooklyn

May 22, 1936, printed later

Berenice Abbott

Associated Names
Berenice Abbott

Artist, American, 1898 - 1991

This is a photograph of a multi-story brick building with arched windows and doors, some with wooden shutters. The facade has large painted advertisements, including one for "Coffee" and another for "Vapan". Some shutters are open, casting shadows, while others are closed. The building is on a cobblestone street with a fire hydrant. In the background, there is a taller building with a clock. The image has an urban and industrial atmosphere, likely from an older time period, shown in black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Ronald Kurtz)

  • Dimensions

    image: 37 × 47.7 cm (14 9/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
    mount: 60.9 × 76.3 × 0.1 cm (24 × 30 1/16 × 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4430

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ronald Kurtz, East Rutherford, NJ; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1939

  • Abbott, Berenice. Changing New York. New York, 1939: 201.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, below image on right in graphite: BERENICE ABBOTT; on verso, artist stamp, bottom center in black ink: BERENICE ABBOTT / ABBOT, MAINE 04406 / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED; by unknown hand, bottom right corner in graphite: D 8803

Wikidata ID

Q64145224

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