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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Shelter on the Waterfront

ArtistBerenice Abbott(1898-1991)
Date1938
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.1 x 20 cm)
Mark(s)verso, c., stamped in red ink: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / "Changing New York" / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT verso, c., stamped in red ink with inscriptions in pencil: Title: Shelter on the Water Front / Place: Coenties Slip, Pier 5, East River, Man / Neg. # L-1 / Code: III - G / Date: May 3, 1938
Inscription(s)verso, u.l.: 69 verso, l.l.: 104
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Bequest of Dr. Francis V. O’Connor, 2020.101
ClassificationPhotograph
ProvenanceFrancis V. O’Connor [1937-2017], New York, NY; by bequest to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2020
On ViewNo
Shelter on the Water…9.9 × 7.9 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 11× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.

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