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Berenice Abbott
6th & 7th Avenues, Manhattan1937 (MARCH) , printed 1938 (SEPT)

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a dense urban skyline, dominated by a stepped Art Deco skyscraper with deeply ribbed vertical facades, surrounded by shorter ornate buildings

Berenice Abbott, 6th & 7th Avenues, Manhattan, 1937 (MARCH) , printed 1938 (SEPT), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, digital image courtesy of Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Berenice Abbott
Title
6th & 7th Avenues, Manhattan
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1937 (MARCH) , printed 1938 (SEPT)
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image (not including black border): 9 9/16 × 7 13/16 in. (24.29 × 19.84 cm) Primary support: 9 9/16 × 7 13/16 in. (24.29 × 19.84 cm) Mat: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.64 × 40.48 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.11
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Berenice Abbott / Masters / Getty Images