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Lot n° 56

BÉRÉNICE ABBOT (1898-1991)

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Theoline, Pier 11, East River, NY, 1936 Posterior silver print. Signed lower right - Print 23/40. Gelatin silver print - Print later. Signed lower right. Edition 23/40. H_58,5 cm W_46 cm "The rhythm of the metropolis is neither that of eternity nor of the passing of time, but that of the vanishing instant. This is what gives its recording a documentary as well as an artistic value." This sentence sums up the meaning that Berenice Abbott wanted to give to the photographs gathered in Changing New York