Berenice Abbott - Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago London Monday, November 17, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    The Museum of Modern Art, New York, sold in partnership with the photographer, 1971

  • Literature

    Commerce Graphics Ltd., Berenice Abbott, n.p.
    O'Neal, Berenice Abbott: American Photographer, p. 2
    O'Neal, Berenice Abbott, pl. 20

  • Catalogue Essay

    In 2011, the Art Institute of Chicago received a gift of 200 photographs from Chicago collector Robert A. Taub. Taub began collecting in the 1960s and the donation-representing the core of his collection- reflects the breadth of the medium with classic works by August Sander, Walker Evans and Ansel Adams, as well as key pieces from artists of the 1970s and 80s including Lee Friedlander, Stephen Shore and Cindy Sherman. The images that were found to be duplicates with prints already in the Art Institute’s collection were never formally accessioned and are instead being sold here by Mr. Taub with proceeds going to an endowed acquisitions fund in memory of his daughter, Amanda Taub Veazie.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT A. TAUB, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND

41

New York at Night

1932
Gelatin silver print, printed 1970.
33.8 x 26.8 cm (13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Signed in pencil on the mount.

Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for £5,625

Contact Specialist
Lou Proud
Head of Photographs
London
+ 44 207 318 4018

Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

London 18 November 2014 2pm