Approach to New York City

Approach to New York City

Photograph

Andreas Feininger

Maker
American, b. France, 1906–1999

Approach to New York City

[Midtown Manhattan skyline seen from New Jersey]


ca. 1950
Gelatin silver prints
Image (each): 13 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (33.7 × 27.4 cm)
Gift of the photographer
1978.0606.0457
Inscriptions inscribed in blue and red pencil on verso, TL: 4-5 [circled and crossed out]; inscribed in red pencil on verso, TL: 4-5 [circled and crossed out]; inscribed in pencil on verso, TL: 4-5 [circled and crossed out] / 36-37 [circled]; inscribed in blue and red pencil on verso, TR: 4-5 [circled and crossed out] \ 4-5 [circled and crossed out]; inscribed in pencil on verso, TR: Approach to New York City [inside rectangle] \ Taken with 40" Dallmeyer Telephoto lens on 4x5" film; stamped in blue ink on verso, LC & RC: LIFE PHOTO \ BY \ ANDREAS FEININGER; stamped in black ink on verso, BL & BR: ANDREAS FEININGER \ 365 WEST 20TH STREET \ NEW YORK 11, N.Y.; inscribed in pencil on verso, RC: 4-5 [circled and crossed out] / 36-37 [circled and crossed out]; inscribed in pencil on verso, BR: Distance from camera to skyline is about 10 kilometers. \ (photo taken from route 6 near Bendix, N.J.); signed in pencil on verso, BL & BR: A. Feininger







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