Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Abbott, Berenice |
Title |
Poultry Shop, East 7th Street, New York (from the portfolio Retrospective, 1982) |
Date |
1937/ / |
Year Range from |
1937 |
Year Range to |
1982 |
Medium |
Gelatin silver print |
Dimensions |
H-38.25 W-32 inches |
Accession Number |
84.25 |
Department |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
Description |
Black and white gelatin silver photograph of the corner of a brick apartment building behind a large openwork metal rooster at the top of a poultry shop on east 7th street in New York City, New York. Photograph taken from street level looking upward. Poultry Shop East 7th Street, Rooster, 1937. Reprinted in 1982 for the portfolio, Retrospective. Gelatin silver print. Part of over 300 silver gelatin prints Berenice Abbott produced for the Changing New York Series comissioned by the Works Progress Administration in the mid-1930's. Edition: 18/40 |
Credit line |
Lazarus Weiner |
Search Terms |
1930s 1937 20th Century American Apartment Black and White Black and White Photography Brick Building Cityscape Gelatin Silver Print New York Photography Shopping Store Consumerism Rooster Woman Artist Women in Contrast |