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National Museum of Women in the Arts

Berenice Abbott’s Changing New York, 1935-39

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
Oct 22, 1998, to Jan 19, 1999

Exhibition Note

Information about this exhibition is limited.

Featured Artists

Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott is recognized as the originator of documentary photography or photojournalism. No other photographer had yet used it so broadly for realistic documentation.
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult older woman wearing a long winter coat and white knitted cap. She has short hair and stands against a backdrop resembling a cloudy sky with her hands in her pockets.