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Berenice Abbott — Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan
Berenice Abbott

Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan

Berenice Abbott's iconic documentation of an automated sandwich shop on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. The photograph captures the modernist design and aesthetic of urban American life in the early twentieth century.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.

🔨 Auction Lot

Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Part II

October 9, 2024

Lot 85

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Berenice Abbott, Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan

Berenice Abbott's iconic documentation of an automated sandwich shop on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. The photograph captures the modernist design and aesthetic of urban American life in the early twentieth century.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Manhattan, Gelatin Silver Print, Automat, Modernism, Urban Documentary

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