New York City Images > Special Edition Framed Prints
Title: Theoline, Pier 11, East River Photographer: Berenice Abbott Year: 1936 Approximate Image Size: 11x14 Frame Size:16x20 Available in brushed gray (shown) or black metal frame with acid free off white smooth mat. Description: Theoline, the last schooner in New York Harbor, docked at Pier 11 to unload a shipment of potatoes. The large crowd gathered on the pier indicates the rarity of this once-common event. One of Abbott’s most complex compositions, the top half presents a dense surface pattern while the lower half resolves the spatial confusion. About the Photographer: Berenice Abbott (1898 – 1991) returned to the United States in 1929 after several years abroad to find New York City a modern and rapidly evolving city. For the next decade Abbott worked on a project documenting these dramatic changes. In 1935 the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration agreed to support this project, aptly titled Changing New York. This work resulted in an extensive record of New York’s build environment containing over 700 images that are part of the Museum of the City of New York’s collection.
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