Object number2001.17.68

Television Aerial, Empire State Building

Datec. 1951

Artist Andreas Feininger (American, b. France, 1906 - 1999)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 x 8 7/8 in. (33.02 x 22.54 cm)
Sheet: 13 x 8 7/8 in. (33.02 x 22.54 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Feininger Family

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedSigned and dated (verso, LRC, in pencil): A. Feininger 1952

InscribedInscribed (verso, at top center, stamp): LIFE PHOTO by Andreas Feininger MAR 28 1952; (at top, in pencil): A720; (at bottom center, in pencil): 2299

BibliographyModern Metropolis, (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2002), p. 12, repr.Andreas Feininger, (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2003)

Vassar Exhibitions

Modern Metropolis

Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Modern Metropolis," April 5 - June 16, 2002 (see below);

Poughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Andreas Feininger," January 17 - March 16, 2003. (see below)

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