Pennsylvania Station

Artist Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

Dateca. 1935-1938; printed later

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.13 × 19.05 cm)
Mount: 16 5/8 × 14 inches (42.23 × 35.56 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.636

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"

Inscribednone

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DescriptionImage of a train station interior. Structural iron work supports a glass ceiling and fills the top 3/4 of the frame. Many figures are crowded at the gate entrance in lower, center of frame.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

20^th Century Photography in the Hallmark Collection, Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH, April 12 - May 20, 1979, no cat.

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

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

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 – May 1, 1983.

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

Women Photographers: an Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Stephens College, Columbia, MO, January 22 - February 21, 1991, 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.

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