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Parallax View

Series TitleScience
Book TitleParallax View, Cambridge Massachusetts
Artist Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)
Dateca. 1958
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 3/16 inches (11.91 × 18.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2010.58.1
SignedArtist's stamp (twice) on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "BERENICE ABBOTT / 50 Commerce Street / New York 14, N.Y."; On sheet verso, bottom center, in pencil: "3126".
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionStill life arrangement of two candles, one lit and the other unlit, separated by a mirror such that the reflection of the unlit candle in front of the mirror aligns perfectly with the lit candle behind the mirror.Exhibition History

Rotation 10. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 19, 2011 – September 11, 2011, no cat.

Copyright© Berenice Abbott / Commerce Graphics
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