Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets, New York, March 24, 1948

Details

TODD WEBB (1905-2000)
Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets, New York, March 24, 1948
8-part gelatin silver print panorama, probably printed 1970s
the last print signed, titled, dated and each sequentially numbered in pencil on verso
9 1/8 x 74in. (23 x 188cm.)

Literature

Davis, Todd Webb: Photographs of New York and Paris, 1945-1960, Hallmark Cards/University of New Mexico Press, 1986, pp.50-51; Davis, An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, Hallmark Cards/Harry N. Abrams, 1995, p.211, fig.74.

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Lot Essay

Keith Davis notes: 'Webb's magnificent "Sixth Avenue" panel is a brilliant summary of his interest in both signs and the vitality of the street.' (Photographs of New York and Paris, p.111)

Other prints of this panel are in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the Hallmark Photographic Collection.

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