Harlem Community Art Center: II, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

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Title

Harlem Community Art Center: II, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

Subject

New York, African American Children, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Description

Berneice Abbott, "Changing New York" Project. The photographer worked for the Federal Art Project from 1935-1939.

From Wikipedia: Abbott's project was primarily a sociological study embedded within modernist aesthetic practices. She sought to create a broadly inclusive collection of photographs that together suggest a vital interaction between three aspects of urban life: the diverse people of the city; the places they live, work and play; and their daily activities. It was intended to empower people by making them realize that their environment was a consequence of their collective behavior (and vice versa). Moreover, she avoided the merely pretty in favor of what she described as "fantastic" contrasts between the old and the new, and chose her camera angles and lenses to create compositions that either stabilized a subject (if she approved of it), or destabilized it (if she scorned it).

Wikipedia Reference: Wikipedia contributors, "Berenice Abbott," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Berenice_Abbott&oldid=737304869(accessed September 5, 2016).

Creator

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991 (Photographer)

Source

Still Image

Publisher

New York Public Library Public Domain

Date

1939-04-26

Contributor

Not applicable to this collection

Rights

From The New York Public Library | Direct Link:
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-4ea1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Relation

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFZ (Abbott) 96-4294

Format

Extent: 1 photograph: gelatin silver print, matte, double weight paper; 10 x 8.75 in. on paper 10 x 8.75 in.

Language

English

Type

Photograph

Identifier

NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13668355
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1c1b3500-c60d-012f-f67d-58d385a7bc34

Coverage

Content: African American girl uses rag to wipe off her sculpture, boy in foreground uses brush on his.
Citation/reference: CNY# R03
Content: Code: III.E.4.
Ownership: Picture Collection transfer, 1988

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photo

Physical Dimensions

10 x 8.75 in. on paper 10 x 8.75 in.

Files

nypl.digitalcollections.510d47d9-4ea1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.g.jpg

Citation

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991 (Photographer), “Harlem Community Art Center: II, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.,” The Arts At Page Library Online Exhibition Space, accessed March 28, 2024, https://theartsatpagelibrary.omeka.net/items/show/2.