4th Avenue Brooklyn Billboards, from the portfolio "New York II"

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© Berenice Abbott. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton Colleg…
4th Avenue Brooklyn Billboards, from the portfolio "New York II"
© 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)
Publisher (American, founded 1970)
Date1936 (published 1979)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 3/8 × 19 1/2 in. (39.1 × 49.5 cm) Sheet: 15 3/8 × 19 1/2 in. (39.1 × 49.5 cm) Mount: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Martina Hamilton, P1995, GP2022
Object number2022.14.1
Not on view
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Provenance 2018: on loan to Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum), promised gift of Martina Hamilton.
Markings Stamp: Parasol Press stamp on verso at center in black ink.
Signature Signed "Berenice Abbott" at lower right mount in pencil.
Inscribed "4/60" at lower left mount in pencil.
© Berenice Abbott. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton Colleg…
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