Berenice Abbott - Photographs Evening & Day New York Wednesday, October 5, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Martina Hamilton Gallery, New York

  • Literature

    Abbott, New York in the Thirties, pls. 3, 17, 26, 27, 28, 36, 51, 57, 84
    Commerce Graphics, Berenice Abbott, n.p., various plates
    Finley, Berenice Abbott, n.p., various plates
    O'Neal, Berenice Abbott: American Photographer, pp. 106, 115, 116, 133, variant, 144, 161
    Photo Poche, Berenice Abbott, pls. 19, 45, 49, variant
    Yochelson, Berenice Abbott: Changing New York, pls. 3, 7, 9, 21, 30, 33, 34, 35, variant, 47, p. 376
    Davis, An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, pl. 242
    Rosenblum, A History of Women Photographers, p. 176

  • Catalogue Essay

    Titles include: Gunsmith and Police Department Headquarters, 6 Centre Market Place, February, 1937; Tri-Boro Barber School, 264 Bowery Between East Houston and Price Streets, October 4, 1934; Treasury Building from J. P. Morgan's Office, 1936; Greyhound Bus Terminal, 33rd and 34th Streets Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, July 14, 1936; Department of Dock's Building, Pier A, May 5, 1936; Cheese Shop, 276 Bleecker Street, February 2, 1937; Rothman's Pawn Shop, 149 Eighth Avenue, May 18, 1938; Snuff Shop, 113 Division Street, January 26, 1938; Columbus Circle, Broadway, Central Park West and 59th Street, February 10, 1936; Gasoline Station, Tremont Avenue and Dock Street, July 2, 1936; Summer Healey Antique Shop, 942 Third Avenue Near 57th Street, October 8, 1936; and Brooklyn Bridge, Pier 21, Pennsylvania Road, March 23, 1937

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New York Portfolio III

New York: Parasol Press Ltd., 1979. Twelve gelatin silver prints.
Each approximately 18 3/4 x 14 7/8 in. (47.6 x 37.8 cm) or the reverse.
Each signed and lettered 'A' in pencil on the mount; credit reproduction limitation stamp on the reverse of the mount. Title page. Colophon. One from an edition of 65, numbered 1 through 60 and lettered sequentially 'A-E'. Enclosed in a cloth clamshell case.

Estimate
$15,000 - 25,000 

Sold for $17,500

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Photographs Evening & Day

New York 5 & 6 October 2016