Country store, Berenice Abbott
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From the serie : CHANGING NEW YORK 1935-1938. Signed and stamped print.
This photograph is a 7 3/8 x 9 inch silver gelatin print of the image titled: Country Store Interior. However, when the image was captured on October 11, 1935 the place was actually a luncheonette called "Ye Olde Country Store." The luncheonette was located at 2553 Sage Place, the Spuyten Duyvil region of the Bronx, New York. A re-development project destroyed Sage Place and nearby Ewen Avenue in the 1960s.
Abbott's interior view shows the store's original beaded wooden sealing board and potbelly stove. The advertisement cards on the wall are from luncheonette days. This is a contract print from the negative exposed in Abbott's Century Universal 8x10 camera.
The print, dry mounted on a piece of lightweight illustration board by Abbott, is in fine condition. Brown tape shows in the photograph of the back of the print. That tape secures the original matte to the new, protective, matte. There is no tape attached to the image, which was dry mounted by Abbott to the illustration board.
The seller in the mid-1980s placed the covering matte over Abbott's presentation.The print has been underglass, in a frame for the past 25 years, in dark, dry storage. (The item is being sold unframed.)
Abbot signed the illustration board boldly with pencil, printing her name with distinctive lettering, right under the right hand corner of the print. A rubber stamp imprint, on the back of the illustration board, twice, states: Photograph by Bernice Abbott, 50 Commerce Street, New York, 14, NY. Research indicates that this print was printed sometime between 1950-1970, probably earlier, rather than later in this time span.
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Photographer(s) : |
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Shooting date : |
1935 |
Printing date : |
1950 c. |
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Signature : |
Photographer signature and stamp |
State : |
Very Good |
Size (in) : |
9 x 12 |
Image Size (in) : |
7 x 9 |
Photo medium |
Silver Print |
Price : |
3000.00 €
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