BERENICE ABBOTT | SELECTED IMAGES

The Ginny Williams Collection
BERENICE ABBOTT
1898-1991
SELECTED IMAGES

2 gelatin silver prints, comprising Fifth Avenue Houses, No. 4, 6, 8, New York and Pennsylvania Station, each mounted, the first signed in pencil on the mount and stamped on the reverse, the second signed and with edition ‘81/100’ in pencil on the mount and stamped on the reverse, 1936, both printed later (2)
images: 10½ by 13¾ in. (26.7 by 34.9 cm) and 10⅝ by 13⅞ in. (27 by 35.2 cm.)

Condition Report:
These photographs are in generally good to very good condition.

Fifth Avenue Houses: The mount is somewhat soiled. There are adhesive remnants on the reverse and the photographer's Commerce Graphics, Ltd. stamp. This photograph is framed and there is a Ginny Williams Collection label on the reverse. The frame dimensions are 20 by 16 in. (50.8 by 40.6 cm.)

Penn Station: There are numerous faint scratches and impressions visible in raking light. The mount is soiled. There is a loss in the upper right corner of the mount and a tear in the lower center, neither of which impact the print. The reverse is stamped 'Photograph printed for limited edition of Berenice Abbott American Photographer, Berenice Abbott, Abbott, Maine 04406.'

Provenance:
Christie's New York, 8 April 2011, Sale 2431, Lot 492