Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) 'Shelter on the Water Front, Coenties Slip, Pier 5, East River, Manhattan', 1938 Gelatin silver print; the photographer's Federal Art Project / 'Changing New York' stamps, titled, dated, and annotated in pencil, on the reverse, framed. 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.4 x 19.1 cm.) sheet 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.) Footnotes: Provenance The Museum of Modern Art, New York Sotheby's New York, Berenice Abbott's New York: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art, 23 October 2002, Sale N07850, Lot 19 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature Changing New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott (New York, 1939), p. 43 Note The text accompanying this photograph in Changing New York explains this structure: 'Not a Hooverville shanty, but a watchman's home is this shelter on the water front at Coenties Slip. Thirty years old, the shelter has seen death eddy around the pier, for the watchman now is charge is reputed to have rescued no less than 200 people from drowning.' (p. 42) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing