Berenice Abbott

the photographer's '50 Commerce Street, New York 14, N. Y.' studio stamp and with title in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1931

Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin

Phillips de Pury & Company New York, Photographs: Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin, 25 April 2007, Sale 40107, Lot 277

This early print, on stiff double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally very good condition. There is diagonal sharp creasing, with attendant minor loss of emulsion, in the corners, most notably in the upper right corner. In raking light, a few very small translucent droplets are visible in the upper right corner. The reverse of the print is appropriately age-darkened at the edges. Foxing is visible overall, although this does not appear to affect the front of the print. The title 'Barclay Street Ferry, New York City' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse.
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