Lot Essay
Abbott sent this card to her only niece, Alice Ross, in Columbus, Ohio during the 1930s. After Ross' death the print was returned to the Estate.
New York at Night (1932)
Details
BERENICE ABBOTT
New York at Night (1932)
Gelatin silver print. 1930s. 56 West 53rd New York City credit stamp on the verso; signed in pencil on the mount; inscribed To my darling child with a thousand smiles for a successfull (sic) New Year, Berenice in ink on the folded card mount.
7 x 4 7/8in. (17.8 x 12.3cm.)
New York at Night (1932)
Gelatin silver print. 1930s. 56 West 53rd New York City credit stamp on the verso; signed in pencil on the mount; inscribed To my darling child with a thousand smiles for a successfull (sic) New Year, Berenice in ink on the folded card mount.
7 x 4 7/8in. (17.8 x 12.3cm.)
Literature
See: Horizon Press, Berenice Abbott: Photographs, p. 120; Kepes, Language of Vision, p. 155; Rosenblum, A World History of Photography, p. 370, pl. 454.