BERENICE ABBOTT | 'FERRY, FOOT OF LIBERTY STREET, MANHATTAN'

The Ginny Williams Collection
BERENICE ABBOTT
1898-1991
'FERRY, FOOT OF LIBERTY STREET, MANHATTAN'

gelatin silver print, the photographer's Federal Art Project 'Changing New York' and caption stamps, with title, date, and annotations in ink, on the reverse, 1936
image: 7¾ by 9½ in. (19.7 by 24.1 cm.)

Condition Report:
This slightly warm-toned print, on double-weight paper and trimmed to the image, is in generally good condition. It has minor edge and corner wear. In the upper right quadrant near the upper edge are the following: a 3-inch soft crease that does not appear to break the emulsion; and a small light brown stain, approximatley one-inch in diameter.

On the reverse the following is written in an unidentified hand in ink on the caption stamp: 'Ferry: [?] Street, Foot of / Liberty Street, Manhattan'; [Neg. #] '160'; [Code] 'II A-1.d.' and 'August 18, 1936.' It is annotated in an unidentified modern hand in pencil '8 [circled]' and 'FP 762 - 1.' There are Photocollect and Ginny Williams Collection labels on the reverse of the mat.

When examined under ultraviolet light, this print does not appear to fluoresce.

Provenance:
Photocollect, Inc., New York, 1991