Photography
Berenice Abbott, "Untitled" [possibly Southern scene, from U.S. Route I series]
- Item Number
- 24
- Estimated Value
- 1800 USD
- Leading Bid
- 950 USD
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991)
Untitled [possibly a Southern scene, from U.S. Route I series], ca. 1954
Gelatin silver print
Framed: 13 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches
Signed initials "AB" under print in pencil; stamped "Original Photograph, Berenice Abbott, Abbot Village, Maine" on back; label affixed from collection of dealer Stephen Cohen, Los Angeles
Berenice Abbott is an important figure in 20th century photography. She is best known for her portraits and for the WPA project Changing New York, an epic look at the city in the 1930s. However, Abbott's largest body of work devoted to a single subject are the evocative photographs she made on a trip along Route 1 during the summer of 1954.
Abbott and two companions left from New York City and drove south to Key West, Florida. There, they turned around retracing their route until they reached the last northerly point; Fort Kent, Maine.This untitled image was possibly taken in the South during this trip.
Abbott devoted the next two years developing the 2,400 negatives from the trip and writing a prospectus on the historical importance of the project. In her writing, Abbott revealed what motivated her to take the trip. "We wanted to capture visually the character of an historic section of the United States, its beauties and incongruities and all. If visible evidences of the past survived, we wanted to photograph them before bulldozers and derricks moved in."
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