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Berenice Abbott was an American photographer known for her portrait and documentary photographs. Her style of photography can be described as realist or straight, capturing an accurate and honest observation of her subjects as they existed in a specific time or place. Abbott’s photographs displayed precise detail and definition of materials, surfaces and textures. Find a selection of Berenice Abbott photographs on 1stDibs.
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Night View, New York (aka New York at Night)
By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Berenice Abbott learned photography from the artist Man Ray when she was his studio assistant in Paris in 1923-1925. It was in Paris where Man Ray introduced her to the work of Eugèn...
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
WASHINGTON SQUARE LOOKING NORTH
By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991
Located in Portland, ME
Abbott, Berenice. WASHINGTON SQUARE LOOKING NORTH.
Vintage Gelatin Silver print, 1936.
Stamped verso "Federal Art Project/"Changing New York"/Photograp...
Category
1930s Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hoboken Ferry Terminal, Lackawanna Railroad, Barclay Street, New York
By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
El Station Interior, Sixth and Ninth Avenue Lines, 72nd Street
By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Abbott, Berenice (1898-1991)
Title: El Station Interior, Sixth and Ninth Avenue Lines, Downtown Side, Columbus Avenue and 72nd Street, Manhattan, February 6, 1936
Collection:...
Category
1930s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Designer's Window, Bleecker Street
By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on back of print with artist's stamp. Printed in the 1950's.
Category
1940s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flatiron Building, New York City, 1938
By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991
Located in New York, NY
1938
Silver print on 16 x 20-inch mount
11 x 14 in.
Signed and stamped Berenice Abbott
Category
1930s Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
