Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991), "Tri-Boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, New York", negative creation date 1935, print date 1979, gelatin silver print mounted on board, pencil-signed and numbered "22/60" on mount, from portfolio New York III, published by Parasol Press, New York, "Berenice Abbott's New York" stamp with publisher information and print date on reverse of mount, 18 1/2 in. x 14 7/8 in., unframed. Note: Berenice Abbott was an iconoclastic photographer whose works and life transgressed the norms of the times. She studied sculpture in New York, Berlin and Paris, and she became a studio assistant to Man Ray who hired her because of her lack of experience with photography. In working with Man Ray, she discovered her love of the darkroom and began experimenting with a camera. She was a natural photographer with a keen eye.Upon her return to the United States in 1929, she was struck by New York and its rapidly transforming landscape. ?Old New York is fast disappearing,? she noted. Thus began a five-year project called ?Changing New York,? in which Abbott documented the dynamism of the ever-shifting cityscapes around her. In the 1930s, she began a relationship that would last about three decades with art historian and critic, Elizabeth McCausland. Together they lived in neighboring apartments in Greenwich Village and were described by friends as ?homebodies with house cats.? After McCausland?s death in 1965, Abbott moved permanently to Maine and lived there until her own passing in 1991.Ref.: Solomon, Deborah. ?Berenice Abbott: She Was a Camera.? The New York Times. June 1, 2018. www.nytimes.com. Accessed May 6, 2024.

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