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Berenice Abbott — "El" Second and Third Avenue Lines, Hanover Square and Pearl Street
Berenice Abbott

"El" Second and Third Avenue Lines, Hanover Square and Pearl Street

An oversized gelatin silver print by photographer Berenice Abbott documenting the elevated railway lines of Second and Third Avenue in New York City. The work captures the industrial infrastructure of urban Manhattan with stark photographic precision.

Medium
Oversized gelatin silver print.

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October 9, 2025

Lot 135

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Berenice Abbott, "El" Second and Third Avenue Lines, Hanover Square and Pearl Street

An oversized gelatin silver print by photographer Berenice Abbott documenting the elevated railway lines of Second and Third Avenue in New York City. The work captures the industrial infrastructure of urban Manhattan with stark photographic precision.

Medium
Oversized gelatin silver print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Industrial, Monochrome, Photography, New York, Documentary, Architectural, American, Photograph, Modernist, Infrastructure, Urban, Urban Landscape, Architecture, Mid-Century

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