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Berenice Abbott

(American, 1898–1991)

billboards and signs (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

Billboards and Signs (from the series "Changing New York"), 1936

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willow and poplar series (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

Willow and Poplar Series (from the series "Changing New York"), 1936

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west side express highway and piers 95-98 (from the series of "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

West Side Express Highway and Piers 95-98 (from the series of "Changing New York"), 1937

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west 8th street, near macdougal street (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

West 8th Street, Near MacDougal Street (from the series "Changing New York"), 1935–1938

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william goldberg (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

William Goldberg (from the series "Changing New York"), 1936

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tempo of the city ii (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

Tempo of the City II (from the series "Changing New York"), 1938

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pike and henry streets (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

Pike and Henry Streets (from the series "Changing New York"), 1936

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pike and henry streets (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

Pike and Henry Streets (from the Series "Changing New York"), 1936

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old post office (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

Old Post Office (from the series "Changing New York"), 1938

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flam and flam (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

Flam and Flam (from the series "Changing New York"), 1938

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fifth avenue theatre, 28th street facade (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

Fifth Avenue Theatre, 28th Street Facade (from the series "Changing New York"), 1938

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john watts statue from the trinity churchyard (from the series "changing new york") by berenice abbott

Berenice Abbott

John Watts Statue from the Trinity Churchyard (from the series "Changing New York"), 1938

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Biography

Timeline

1898
Born in Springfield, OH
1923
Hired by Man Ray as a darkroom assistant at his portrait studio in Montparnasse, France
1929
Moved to New York and began chronicling the architecture and urban life of the 1930s
1970
Her first major retrospective exhibition, held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1989
Received the International Center of Photography's Lifetime Achievement Award, New York, USA
1991
Died in Monson, ME

Exhibitions

2006
Speaking with Hands, Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany
American Icons, Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, Canada
7 Documentarians, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, USA
2005
Boîte à conserves, Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Germany
Europe in Art: A HVB Group Project, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Hungary
2004
Duality/Dialectic, Davison Art Center, Middletown, USA
Modern Means: Continuity and Change in Art from 1880 to the Present, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2003
Berenice Abbott's Circle: New York/Paris, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, USA
Enchanted Evening, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA
Vintage Photographs of NYC from the 1930s and 1940s, Lee Gallery, Winchester, USA
Künstlerphotographien: Berühmte Photographen portraitieren berühmte Künstler, Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, Germany
Une autre modernité: La question de la ville, 1915-1950, Musée dart contemporain de Montréal, Canada
2002
Shopping, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England
New York, New York: The City in Photographs, Staley-Wise, New York, USA
Star Spangled Spirit, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, USA
2001
Vital Form: American Art in the Anatomic Age, 1940-1960, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, USA
The Photograph and the American Dream: The Stephen White Collection II, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000
Portfoglio: Photographs of a Century, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Photography in Boston: 1955-1985, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, USA
150 Years of Photography, Davison Art Center, Middletown, USA
Desiring Eye: Retrospective of photography from Moderna Museet, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
L'école de Paris, 1904-1929: La part de l'Autre, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
1999
Berenice Abbott: Changing New York, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
1998
Changing New York, Museum of the City of New York, New York, USA
Images from the Machine Age, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Photographs by Berenice Abbott, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, USA
Spirit of the Metropolis: Berenice Abbott's New York, Davison Art Center, Middletown, USA
1997
Tower Gallery, Yokahama, Japan

Literature

1973
McCausland, Elizabeth. Changing New York. New York: Dutton, 1939. Reprint: New York in the Thirties, as Photographed by Berenice Abbott (New York: Dover).
1968
Hall, Chenoweth. A Portrait of Maine. (New York: Macmillan)
1949
Wysham, Henry. Greenwich Village: Yesterday and Today. (New York: Harper).
English (US)

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