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Feininger, Andreas
American (b. France, 1906-1999)

TITLE ON OBJECT: View of Downtown Manhattan from the Brooklyn Shore, near the Brooklyn Bridge. In foreground a burned down pier.

1940
gelatin silver print
35.4 x 27.5 cm.
Gift of the photographer
78:0606:0318

NON-GEH NUMBER: 28

INSCRIPTION: verso-(signed) "A. Feininger v (circled) 1940" (rubberstamp) "Foto: Andreas Feininger" (in pencil) "View of Downtown Manhattan from the Brooklyn Shore near Brooklyn Bridge. In foreground a burned down pier." "28 (circled)"

copyright, Andreas Feininger

NOTES: Catalogued 6/94, DZ. "The left skyscraper is the Farmer's Trust Company, the right one is the Cities Service Building." [Feininger, 7/94]

SUBJECTS:
cityscape, river
architecture, skyscrapers

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