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Berenice Abbott
Magnetic Fieldcirca 1940, printed circa 1940

Not on view
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
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.