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General view from the Empire State Building
General view from the Empire State Building

General view from the Empire State Building

Artist (American, 1898–1991)
Date1932 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 7/16 inches (23.9 × 18.9 cm);
Mount: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 inches (25.6 × 20.6 cm);
Mat: 18 × 14 inches (45.7 × 35.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Arthur Penn, Class of 1956, and Marilyn Penn
Terms
  • Photographs
  • Gelatin silver prints
  • Skyscrapers
  • Urban views
Object number85.068.256
[American Radiator building and Empire State building]
Berenice Abbott
1929–39 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
[Empire State building and 22 East 40th Street building]
Berenice Abbott
1929–39 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
[Top of Empire State building]
Berenice Abbott
1929–39 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
[Empire State Building]
Berenice Abbott
ca. 1930 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
[Empire State building and skyscrapers]
Berenice Abbott
1929–39 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
[Empire State Building and roof ornament]
Berenice Abbott
1929–39 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
[Streetview with Empire State building]
Berenice Abbott
1929–39 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
[Empire State Building and other skyscrapers]
Berenice Abbott
1929–39 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
[Rooftop and Empire State building]
Berenice Abbott
1929–39 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
[Empire State Building]
Berenice Abbott
1929–39 (negative); ca. 1980 (print)
Nightview, New York at night, Empire State Building
Berenice Abbott
1932 (negative); printed later
[Man on hoisting ball, Empire State building]
Lewis Hine
ca. 1931 (negative); printed later