Pennsylvania Station

Artist Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

Date1936; printed later

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 13/16 × 10 5/8 inches (32.54 × 26.99 cm)
Mount: 20 1/8 × 16 1/8 inches (51.12 × 40.96 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.647

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

Inscribednone

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DescriptionImage of the empty interior of a train station. Decorative ironwork supports glass ceiling, and cuts down left foreground of the image. Multiple staircases in center of image lead down below ground.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Hallmark Photographic Collection. Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, August 16 - October 25, 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, unnumbered.

20^th Century Works from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri, January 9 - January 27, 1984, no cat.

Women Photographers. Drew University, Madison, NJ, Unknown-September 27, 1985, 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.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1981;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

Published References

Keith F. Davis. New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1983. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, shown at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 3 (repro.).

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