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1936, print 1983
Object File Reviewed
2/40
Publication Retrospecitve Parasol Press, Ltd., New York in association with V & R Graphics, New York, 1983
Exhibition: Documenting New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott January 25, 1992-April 2, 1992. (DMA website says Feb which is wrong)
Acquisition Checklist:
"After almost 60 years in photography Berenice Abbott claims her rightful place as one of the greatest of American photographers. She has always been an exponent of realism, a tireless and uncompromising advocate for the documentary approach in photography. In 1951 she wrote, "We should take hold of that very quality (realism), make use of it and explore it to its fullest." Her most renown work was completed during the 1930s when, with WPA assistance, she documented the life and architecture of New York City which resulted in the 1939 publication entitled Changing New York.
This recently published portfolio of 50 of Abbott's most important images, whose production the artist supervised, is an outstanding addition to our photography collection."e
Text panel, December 20, not year, no author
"Born in Ohio in 1898, Berenice Abbott attended Ohio State University before moving to New York City in 1918. There she lived in Greenwich Village and attended Columbia University's School of Journalism.
In the 1920s she left for Paris where she worked as an assistant to Man Ray. There she established her reputation by photographing famous artists, writers, and American expatriates. Also she was introduced to the photographs of Eugene Atget and was primarily responsible for preserving his work and bringing it to public attention and acclaim. His photographs of Paris were an inspiration for her documentation of New York City in the 1930s.
After the New York project, she turned her attention to photographing science-related subjects. In 1966 she moved to Maine, where she lived until her recent death at the age of 93 in December 1991.
Book: Berenice Abbott: Changing New York: The Complete WPA Project (Museum of the city of NY, Bonnie Yochelson)
"In February 1940, the monthly magazine Popular Photography asked Abbott to name her 'favorite picture.' She balked at the question but responded: Suppose we took a thousand negatives and made a gigantic montage; a myriad-faceted picture combining the elegances, the squalor, the curiosities, the monuments, the sad faces, the triumphant faces, the power, the irony, the strength, the decay, the past, the present, the future of a city—that would be my favorite picture." p. 9
DMA show Berenice Abbott: Documenting New York: According to DMA.org "Exact opening and closing dates for this exhibition are not know; exhibition was on view at some time in June-September 1994."
Also Documenting New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott 1/25/92-2/2/92
Berenice Abbott Changing New York p. 10 "By 1920, she had befriended Dadaists Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, whom she boasted having taught to dance."
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From 1984: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Morton and Marlene Meyerson [1]
[1] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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- The New York Public Library Digital Collections~Explore the archive of images from Berenice Abbott's Changing New York project at the New York Public Library.
- Museum of the City of New York~Learn more about the artist and her work.
- National Museum of Women in the Arts~Read a brief biography of Berenice Abbott from NMWA.
- NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project~Check out the residence and studio of Berenice Abbott and her partner Elizabeth McCausland.
- Dallas Museum of Art, Uncrated~Check out this DMA blogpost "Pride in the DMA: Celebrating LGBTQ Artists in the Collection."
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- The New York Public Library Digital Collections~Explore the archive of images from Berenice Abbott's Changing New York project at the New York Public Library.
- Museum of the City of New York~Learn more about the artist and her work.
- National Museum of Women in the Arts~Read a brief biography of Berenice Abbott from NMWA.
- NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project~Check out the residence and studio of Berenice Abbott and her partner Elizabeth McCausland.
- Dallas Museum of Art, Uncrated~Check out this DMA blogpost "Pride in the DMA: Celebrating LGBTQ Artists in the Collection."
Notes
1936, print 1983
Object File Reviewed
2/40
Publication Retrospecitve Parasol Press, Ltd., New York in association with V & R Graphics, New York, 1983
Exhibition: Documenting New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott January 25, 1992-April 2, 1992. (DMA website says Feb which is wrong)
Acquisition Checklist:
"After almost 60 years in photography Berenice Abbott claims her rightful place as one of the greatest of American photographers. She has always been an exponent of realism, a tireless and uncompromising advocate for the documentary approach in photography. In 1951 she wrote, "We should take hold of that very quality (realism), make use of it and explore it to its fullest." Her most renown work was completed during the 1930s when, with WPA assistance, she documented the life and architecture of New York City which resulted in the 1939 publication entitled Changing New York.
This recently published portfolio of 50 of Abbott's most important images, whose production the artist supervised, is an outstanding addition to our photography collection."e
Text panel, December 20, not year, no author
"Born in Ohio in 1898, Berenice Abbott attended Ohio State University before moving to New York City in 1918. There she lived in Greenwich Village and attended Columbia University's School of Journalism.
In the 1920s she left for Paris where she worked as an assistant to Man Ray. There she established her reputation by photographing famous artists, writers, and American expatriates. Also she was introduced to the photographs of Eugene Atget and was primarily responsible for preserving his work and bringing it to public attention and acclaim. His photographs of Paris were an inspiration for her documentation of New York City in the 1930s.
After the New York project, she turned her attention to photographing science-related subjects. In 1966 she moved to Maine, where she lived until her recent death at the age of 93 in December 1991.
Book: Berenice Abbott: Changing New York: The Complete WPA Project (Museum of the city of NY, Bonnie Yochelson)
"In February 1940, the monthly magazine Popular Photography asked Abbott to name her 'favorite picture.' She balked at the question but responded: Suppose we took a thousand negatives and made a gigantic montage; a myriad-faceted picture combining the elegances, the squalor, the curiosities, the monuments, the sad faces, the triumphant faces, the power, the irony, the strength, the decay, the past, the present, the future of a city—that would be my favorite picture." p. 9
DMA show Berenice Abbott: Documenting New York: According to DMA.org "Exact opening and closing dates for this exhibition are not know; exhibition was on view at some time in June-September 1994."
Also Documenting New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott 1/25/92-2/2/92
Berenice Abbott Changing New York p. 10 "By 1920, she had befriended Dadaists Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, whom she boasted having taught to dance."
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location and place of origin: New York (New York/United States): TGN: 7007567
Process/materials
Photography
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1984: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Morton and Marlene Meyerson [1]
[1] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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