Newsstand

Artist Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

DateNovember 19, 1935; printed ca. 1970

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 9/16 inches (19.05 × 24.29 cm)
Mount: 16 1/4 × 14 inches (41.28 × 35.56 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.637

SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "BERENICE ABBOTT"; Artist's stamp on mount verso, center, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH / BERENICE ABBOTT / ABBOTT, MAINE 04406"

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DescriptionImage of a long newsstand with a man standing in the lower left corner; he is wearing a dark suit and hat. Advertisements for cigars, ice cream, and Coca-Cola line the newsstand above magazines being displayed.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

20th-Century Photographs from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Sioux City (IA) Art Center, January 10 - February 22, 1981, no cat.

Masters of 20th-Century Photography from the Hallmark Collection. Waterloo (IA) Municipal Galleries. May 2 - June 13, 1982, no cat.

Master Works, 1900-1960: Photographs from the Hallmark Cards Inc. Collection. The Light Factory Photographic Arts Center, Charlotte, NC, September 8 - October 9, 1992, no cat.

Cityscapes: 20^th Century Urban Images from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO, April 13 - May 20, 1984, no cat.

Women Photographers. Drew University, Madison, NJ, unknown - September 27, 1985, no cat.

Selections from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Highland Community College, Highland, KS, October 19 - November 11, 1993, no cat.

Twentieth-Century Photographers: Selections from the HPC. Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, March 28 - April 27, 1996, no cat.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1974;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

Published References

Berenice Abbott and Elizabeth McCausland. New York in the Thirties. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1939, plate 52 (repro.).

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