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Berenice Abbott

Lyric Theatre

Maker

Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991)

Title

Lyric Theatre
from the portfolio "Changing New York"

Year

1936

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Sheet: 27.6 x 35.2 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped "Photograph / Berenice Abbott / Abbott, Maine 04406" and signed, reverse

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Manny and Skippy Gerard

Object Number

2005.137.23

Type

Exhibition History

Urban America, 1930-1970
Dec 01, 2006 – Feb 25, 2007

Label copy

Beginning in 1929, Abbott devoted herself to the portrayal of New York, especially at street level. The city had entered a massive building boom and was evolving daily. In 1935, she received funding from the Federal Art Project to continue her personal passion in a series of some 300 photographs entitled "Changing New York." This photograph documents the Lyric Theater, which was built in 1880 and converted to a cinema in 1910. Located close to the Bowery, its Depression-era clientele could pay ten cents to see a newsreel, a short subject, and two feature films.

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Tombstone

Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991)
Lyric Theatre; from the portfolio "Changing New York", 1936
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 27.6 x 35.2 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches)
Gift of Manny and Skippy Gerard 2005.137.23

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