Inv. No.S-0190
Title
"Hardwarestore"
Lower East Side, 316-318 Bowery, Bleecker Street
Year1938, vintage
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions39 x 50 cm
Signature
stamp on verso
Comment
Abbott does not actively create but finds this accumulation of object, suiting the real virtue of photography. She learned this from Atget in Paris. This picture is unsurpassed in its modernity.
(Fritz Simak)
Berenice Abbott, "Hardwarestore", 1938
S-0190, Front view
© Commerce Graphics Ltd, New York
S-0190, Front view
© Commerce Graphics Ltd, New York
Berenice Abbott, "Hardwarestore", 1938
S-0190, Back view
S-0190, Back view