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Berenice Abbott
Magnetic Fieldcirca 1940, printed circa 1940

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Black and white aerial photograph of a water surface with concentric ripples radiating from a central point where a thin vertical rod meets the water, casting a long diagonal shadow

Berenice Abbott, Magnetic Field, circa 1940, printed circa 1940, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Berenice Abbott
Title
Magnetic Field
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1940, printed circa 1940
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 in. (34.1 × 25.2 cm) Primary support: 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 in. (34.1 × 25.2 cm) Secondary support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Mat: 24 1/16 × 20 in. (61.12 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.3
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
Copyright
© Berenice Abbott / Masters / Getty Images

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