The following are selections from Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity, a collection of the legendary American photographer’s portraits, photographs of the city, and scientific photographs. Click to view a slideshow.
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- Huddie W. Ledbetter (Leadbelly), 1940s 25.1 x 20.3 cm The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
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- Canyon: Broadway and Exchange Place, 1936 25.1 × 20.3 cm The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
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- Canyon, May 12, 1936. 59.1 x 47 cm International Center of Photography, Gift of Jonathan A. Berg, 1984 (679.1984)
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- Construction, Old and New, from Washington Street, New York, 1936. 33.7 x 26.4 cm International Center of Photography, Gift of Ronald A. Kurtz, 1988 (480.1988)
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- Wall Street, showing East River from roof of Irving Trust Company Building, Manhattan, 1938. 41.1 x 30.2 cm The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
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- Broadway near Broome Street, Manhattan, 1935. 20.3 x 25.4 cm The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.
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- Pike and Henry Streets, March 6, 1936. 16.5 x 24.1 cm Museum of the City of New York. Gift of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1949.
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- Under Riverside Drive Viaduct, November 10, 1937. 20.3×25.1 cm International Center of Photography, Purchase, with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lois and Bruce Zenkel Purchase Fund, 1983 (382.1983)
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- Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 168th Street and Broadway, from 165th Street and Riverside Drive, Manhattan, 1937. 20.3 x 25.4 cm The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
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Excerpted from Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity. Used with permission of DAP.
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