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© Berenice Abbott. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton Colleg…
Con Edison Building
© Berenice Abbott. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, 1898 - 1991)
Date1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (needs to be confirmed): 12 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (31.8 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Martina Hamilton, P1995, GP2022
Object number2022.14.2
Not on view
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Alternate Titles Consolidated Edison Power House, 666 First Avenue, Manhattan
Provenance 2018: on loan to Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum), promised gift of Martina Hamilton.
Signature Signed "Berenice Abbott" on verso at center in pencil.
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