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Empire State Building from New Jersey
Empire State Building from New Jersey
Object number2001.17.7

Empire State Building from New Jersey

Date1940
Artist (American, b. France, 1906 - 1999)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.18 x 17.46 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.18 x 17.46 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Feininger Family
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated: A. Feininger 1941
InscribedInscribed (verso, stamp): FOTO: ANDREAS FEININGER; (in pencil, at top): taken from Moonachie Road N.J. Distance from Camera to Empire State Bldg. approx 7 air miles.
BibliographyModern Metropolis, (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2002), p. 12, repr.
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Modern Metropolis," April 5 - June 16, 2002. (see below);

Poughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Andreas Feininger," January 17 - March 16, 2003.
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