Changing New York; Text by Elizabeth McCausland

Abbott, Berenice

Published by E.P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1939

About this Item

206 pages. 29 x 22.5 cm. A production of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. 97 full-page photographs with accompanying text. Abbott began her education at Ohio State University before moving to New York to study sculpture. There, she met the modernist visionaries Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. Afterwards, Abbott went on to become May Ray s assistant in his Paris studio. As Ray s assistant, Abbott was able to absorb the work of many other influential photographers, including Eugène Atget. During her time in Paris, Abbott also took the opportunity to photograph many artists and literary figures, including James Joyce. AUER p. 276. HASSELBLAD pp.130-131. PARR & BADGER I, p. 141. ROTH, pp. 100-101. Orig. publisher s dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and emblem of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Fine in fresh dust wrapper lacking small pieces at rear backstrip head and upper front cover corner. Seller Inventory # 22127

Bibliographic Details

Title: Changing New York; Text by Elizabeth ...

Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Company, New York

Publication Date: 1939

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: First edition.