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Architecture: Skyscrapers
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1.Johan Hagemeyer
1927
Telephone Building

Gelatin silver print
7 3/4 x 5 1/2
 
Silverstein Photography
LL/273
2.Lewis W. Hine
1931
Empire State Building
[Empire State Building]

Silver contact print
6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in (17.1 x 12 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 22, 2007, #2115, Lot 309)
 
LL/19262
3.Andreas Feininger
1948
The Empire State Building in Fog, (AF 1067)

Gelatin silver print
20 x 16
 
Bonni Benrubi Gallery
LL/3526
4.Barbara Mensch
2003
Empire State Building

Gelatin silver print, toned
30 x 30
 
Bonni Benrubi Gallery
LL/3567
5.Harold Roth
1942 (taken) 2000 (or earlier, print)
Empire State Building

Gelatin silver print
13 5/8 x 10 5/8 ins (image) 13 7/8 x 10 3/4 ins (sheet)
 
L. Parker Stephenson Photographs
Signed, titled, dated and reference number in pencil, with artist stamp on print verso.
 
LL/46801
6.Weegee
1955
Empire State Building Distortion

Silver print
6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in (17.1 x 13.3 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction Oct 21, 2008, Lot 208)
 
With penciled numeric notations and a "Photo by Weegee, From the Collection of Suzanne and Hugh Johnston" hand stamp on verso.
 
LL/31270
7.Edward Steichen
1932
The Maypole (Empire State Building)

Gelatin silver print
9 x 7
 
Galerie Zur Stockeregg
LL/4518
8.George Zimbel
1950s
Boy & Empire State Building
[NYC kids]

Gelatin silver print
Provided by the artist - George Zimbel
© George S. Zimbel, 2007
 
LL/24661
9.Tom Baril
1999
Empire State Building, New York

Photogravure
37.3 x 28.2 cm (15 x 11 )
 
Galerie Johannes Faber
LL/1860
10.André Kertész
1967
Puddle, Empire State Bldg

Gelatin silver print
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/513
11.Karl Struss
1909 (taken) 1979 (print)
Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower, New York
[Karl Struss: A Portfolio, 1909/29]

Platinum print, contact
4.5 x 3 in (11.43 x 7.62 cm)
 
Robert Tat Gallery
© 1983 Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Courtesy of Robert Tat Fine Photographs (www.roberttat.com - #3354)
 
Signed on the print, verso in pencil. Editioned 28/75. From "Karl Struss: A Portfolio, 1909/29", printed by Phil Davis under Struss' supervision.
 
LL/32342
12.Tom Baril
n.d.
Chrysler Building at Night

Photogravure, Hand-pulled
21st Editions
LL/862
13.Tom Baril
n.d.
Chrysler from Madison Avenue

Photogravure, Hand-pulled
21st Editions
LL/866
14.Tom Baril
n.d.
Chrysler Building through Window

Photogravure, Hand-pulled
21st Editions
LL/867
15.Margaret Bourke-White
1929-1930
Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York

Gelatin silver print
Sotheby's - New York
This photograph sold at Sotheby's (New York) on 13th April 2010 for $206,500 to a Private Collector (Sale No: NO8624 Photographs, Lot 78).
 
LL/36417
16.Peter Liepke
2003
Chrysler Building
[New York City]

Gum bichromate over Inkjet print
18.5 x 5.5 in
 
Provided by the artist - Peter Liepke
© Peter Liepke - Courtesy of the artist
 
LL/19938
17.Edward Steichen
1904
The Flatiron

Gum bichromate over Platinum print
47.8 x 38.4 cm (18 13/16 x 15 1/8 in)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1933 (33.43.39)
 
LL/6335
18.Edward Steichen
1907
Flatiron

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
Source requested
LL/1932
19.Edward Steichen
1906
The Flatiron - Evening
[Camera Work, no. 14, pl. 08]

Halftone, three color
Lee Gallery
No inscriptions, X1528
 
LL/21315
20.Edward Steichen
1904 (taken?)
The Flatiron

Print type ?
Source requested
Collection / accession numbers requested
 
Research question (February 2012)
 
This is a variant of "The Flatiron" and this photograph was printed in a more common blue/green (gum bichromate over platinum print) and this rarer red/brown. If you have further information on collections that include this version, the date and the process used please pass them along.
 
LL/46708
21.Berenice Abbott
1938 (taken) 1980s (print)
Flatiron Building

Silver print
13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in (34.3 x 26.7 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Feb 7, 2008, #2135, Lot 120)
 
With Abbott's signature, in pencil, on mount recto and her Maine hand stamp on mount verso.
 
Berenice Abbott: Changing New York, 11 (Middle East Side).
New York in the Thirties, 56.
Berenice Abbott: Photographs, 119.
 
LL/27124
22.Paul Flaggman
1998
New York, Flatiron and Sculpture

Gelatin silver print, selenium-toned
16 x 20
 
Afterimage Gallery
LL/1487
23.Jessie Tarbox Beals
1905 (ca)
Fifth Avenue, NY (Flatiron Building)

Gelatin silver print
9 1/2x6 ins (24.1x15.2 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 32)
 
With Beals's signature, in pencil, on print recto and her signature and title, in pencil, on mount recto.
 
LL/44940
24.George Zimbel
2000
FlatIron Building, NYC
[NYC streets]

Gelatin silver print
Provided by the artist - George Zimbel
© George S. Zimbel, 2007
 
LL/24674
25.Irving Underhill
1900 (ca)
Montage of New York scenes on fabric

Cyanotype, on fabric
17 x 17 in (43.2 x 43.2 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 7, 2006, #2097, Lot 384)
 
With 9 blue-toned photographic images, including the Brooklyn Bridge, Grant's Tomb, City Hall Park, a view of Broadway from the Dun Building, the Flatiron Building, the Statue of Liberty, Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, Soldiers' and Sailor's Monument and the Sub-treasury.
 
LL/15997
26.Tom Baril
n.d.
Flatiron (cut Negative)

Photogravure, Hand-pulled
21st Editions
LL/872
27.Alfred Stieglitz
1903
The "Flat-iron"
[Camera Work, no. 04, pl. 07]

Photogravure, on Japanese tissue,
3.5 x 7
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/583
28.Alvin Langdon Coburn
1913
The Metropolitan Tower
[New York]

Photogravure
Private collection
Mark Katzman, photogravure.com
 
LL/13747
29.Jessie Tarbox Beals
1910 (ca)
Metropolitan Tower, New York

Gelatin silver print
9 x 6 7/8 ins
 
Howard Greenberg Gallery
Inventory no: 0022285
 
Signed in ink on print recto. Titled in pencil with photographer's stamp on print verso.
 
LL/37916
30.Sean Perry
2007
Apollo
[Gotham]

Platinum / Palladium prints
10 x 10 in
 
Provided by the artist - Sean Perry
10 x 10" Platinum / Palladium prints on hand coated 16 x 20" cotton rag. Presented in waxed walnut frames, signed and dated in pencil on recto.
 
LL/18718
31.Sean Perry
2006
One Beacon Court, New York City
[Architecture]

Gelatin silver print, toned
Provided by the artist - Sean Perry
Architect - Cesar Pelli and Associates
 
Two editions, 10 x 10" in an edition of 17 and 40 x 40" in an edition of 8. Prints are gelatin silver, toned in various combinations of sepia, selenium, and gold. Presented in ebony stained purple heart wood frames, signed and dated in pencil on verso.
 
LL/18715
32.Berenice Abbott
1934 (ca)
Exchange Place

Gelatin silver print
9 1/2 x 3
 
Silverstein Photography
LL/243
33.Berenice Abbott
1935 (taken) 1980s (print)
Murray Hill Hotel, Spiral

Silver print
19 1/4 x 15 1/4 ins (48.9 x 38.7 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, "Important Photograms & Photobooks", Dec 9, 2010, #2233, Lot 222)
 
With Abbott's signature, in pencil, on mount recto and the Commerce Graphics hand stamp on mount verso.
 
LL/42118
34.Berenice Abbott
1936 (taken) 1982 (print)
Downtown Skyport, foot of Wall Street, East River, Manhattan

Silver print
23 x 18 in (58.4 x 45.7 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction May 20, 2010, Sale 2215 Lot 314)
 
With Abbott's signature and the edition notations 28/40, in pencil, on mount recto and the Parasol Press hand stamp on mount verso.
 
LL/37166
35.Todd Webb
1948
[New York]

Gelatin silver print
8.25 x 6.4
 
Andrew Smith Gallery
LL/2444
36.Alvin Langdon Coburn
1912 (later print)
House of a thousand Windows

Gelatin silver print, from original glass plate negative
31 x 24,6 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
(88 / 4162)
 
LL/15736
37.Lewis W. Hine
1930 (ca)
Construction of the Empire State Building (with signage depicting the completed structure)

Gelatin silver print, contact
7x5 ins (17.8x12.7 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 104)
 
LL/44953
38.Harry Callahan
1974
Untitled (World Trade Center)

Gelatin silver print
9 1/4 x 9 1/4 ins (23.5 x 23.5 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 334)
 
With Callahan's signature, in pencil, on recto.
 
LL/44974
39.Lou Stoumen
1937
My First New York City Photograph

Gelatin silver contact print
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/3014
40.Fred Zinnemann
1932
Near Wall Street, New York

Gelatin silver print
33.2 x 19.3 cm
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
E.1676-1989, © Fred Zinnemannn
 
LL/45023
41.Tom Baril
1997
Woolworth Building, New York

Photogravure
37.3 x 28.2 cm (15 x 11 )
 
Galerie Johannes Faber
LL/1859
42.Oscar Graubner
1931
Margaret Bourke-White on the Chrysler Building

Gelatin silver print
LIFE
Time Life Pictures/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, 52604482
 
American photographer Margaret Bourke-White (1904 - 1971) stands on the scaffolding enclosing the then-under-construction Chrysler Building and looks out across New York, New York, 1931. She wears a leather jacket and holds a Graflex 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 RB Auto camera. The building visible at the lower left is the Helmsley Building (also known as the New York Central Building and the New York General Building).
 
LL/32153
43.Oscar Graubner
1934
Margaret Bourke-White, working atop the Chrysler Building

Gelatin silver print
20 x 16
 
Klotz / Sirmon Gallery (CLOSED)
Oscar Graubner ® Time Inc.
 
LL/3327
44.Robert Yarnall Ritchie
1933
[Chrysler building reflected in Chrysler hubcap, with Robert Yarnall Richie taking the photograph]

Gelatin silver print
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
SMU - Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph, Call Number : Ag1982.0234
 
LL/47007
45.Lewis W. Hine
1931-1932
Empire State Building

Gelatin silver print
5 x 4
 
Klotz / Sirmon Gallery (CLOSED)
LL/3410
46.Todd Webb
1946
Fulton Fish Market Wharf, New York

Gelatin silver print
14 x 11 in
 
Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs
LL/25842
47.Lewis W. Hine
1930 (ca)
Empire State Building (worker gesturing)

Silver print
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in (9.5 x 12.0 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Feb 7, 2008, #2135, Lot 123)
 
This is a variant of the image titled "On the Mooring Mast, a quarter of a mile above the street," that is reproduced in Men at Work.
 
LL/27126
48.Lewis W. Hine
1930 (ca)
Empire State Building, with Chrysler Building in the background

Silver print
4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in (12.0 x 17.1 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Feb 7, 2008, #2135, Lot 124)
 
With Hine's Interpretive Photography hand stamp and a caption, in an unidentiifed hand, on verso.
 
The caption reads, "Steel Workers on Empire State, Haitian and Slav."
 
LL/27127
49.Lewis W. Hine
1930 (ca)
Untitled (Empire State Building--two men on hoist)

Silver print
4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in (12.1 x 17.1 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction May 20, 2010, Sale 2215 Lot 299)
 
With Hine's Interpretive Photography hand stamp on verso.
 
LL/37160
50.Ilse Bing
1936
Empire State Building

Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 11 in
 
Lee Gallery
Image courtesy of the Lee Gallery (www.leegallery.com)
 
LL/3150
51.John Loengard
1931 (original image) 2008 (publication)
Lewis Wickes Hine "Icarus Atop the Empire State Building" 1931
[Celebrating The Negative]

Gelatin silver print
Etherton Gallery
George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
Hands: David Wooters, 3.4.93
 
In 1933 Lewis Hine sent photographs of the construction of the Empire State Building to Survey, a magazine that had published his work for 20 years. Its new art director, however, found his pictures old-fashioned. Hine wrote to defend himself against the woman's preference for abstract design: "I have a conviction that the design registered on the human face through years of life and work is more vital for purposes of permanent record than the geometric patterns of light and shadow that serve so often as mere photographic jazz."
 
This photograph is included in the portfolio Celebrating the Negative photographs by published by John Loengard, Etherton Gallery (2008), pl. 8
 
All photographs copyright ® John Loengard. Gelatin silver prints printed by Chuck Kelton, Kelton Labs, New York City, under the direct supervision of John Loengard. Printed on Ilford Multigrade Warm Glossy paper. Design and portfolio box construction by Jace Graf, Cloverleaf Studio, Austin, Texas.
 
Celebrating The Negative/Photographs by John Loengard was published by Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, in March, 2008, in an edition of eighteen portfolios, including fifteen numbered copies and three artist's proofs.
 
LL/28578
52.Paul J. Woolf
1930s
Chrysler Building at Night, New York City

Silver print
6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in (17.1 x 24.1 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 22, 2007, #2115, Lot 276)
 
With Woolf's hand stamp on verso.
 
LL/19255
53.Milton Montenegro
1985
Untitled (New York)
[Albus et Niger]

Gelatin silver print
19.25 x 23 in
 
Tepper Takayama Fine Arts
LL/8393
   
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