Fifth Avenue, New York
Photograph
1915 (photographed), 1983 (printed and published)
1915 (photographed), 1983 (printed and published)
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A black and white photograph depicting buildings on Fifth Avenue, New York. The photograph is taken from below looking up at the buildings.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand-pulled dust grain photogravure made by the Talbot-Klic photogravure process printed onto Lana Gravure paper |
| Brief description | Photograph by Paul Strand, 'Fifth Avenue, New York', from the portfolio 'Paul Strand the Formative Years, 1914-1917', a portfolio of ten hand-pulled dust grain photogravures printed by Jon Goodman, published by the Silver Mountain Foundation with an introduction by Ben Lifson, USA, 1983, photographed 1915 |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph depicting buildings on Fifth Avenue, New York. The photograph is taken from below looking up at the buildings. |
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| Copy number | 235/300 |
| Production | The film positives were made from enlarged internegatives made by Paul Strand between 1916 and 1917 from his original negatives of 1914-16. The plates were made by Jon Goodman and printed under his supervision at Atelier de Taille Douce, Saint-Preux, Switzerland and at the Photogravure workshop, Millerton, New York, on Lana Gravure paper from the Papeteries de Lana, Docelles, France. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990 |
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| Accession number | E.1970-1990 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2009 |
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