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Samuel L. Margolies
Man's Canyons, 1936
etching and aquatint
image: 299 x 226 mm
sheet: 394 x 330 mm
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
2008.115.3331

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Berenice Abbott
Canyon, Broadway and Exchange Place, 1936
gelatin silver print
sheet (trimmed to image): 23.7 x 19.1 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
mount: 45.1 x 36.2 cm (17 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Fund for Photography
2000.148.1

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Johan Hagemeyer
Pedestrians, 1921
gelatin silver print mounted on brown wove paper on paperboard
sheet (trimmed to image): 22 x 17.6 cm (8 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
mount: 22.3 x 18 cm (8 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
mount: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Fund for Photography and The Amy Rose Silverman Fund
2003.11.1

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Howard Cook
Manhattan Bridge, 1931
woodcut in black on wove paper
image: 44.5 x 21.6 cm (17 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
sheet: 52.1 x 26.7 cm (20 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Duffy 1984, no. 134
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
2008.115.1312

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Ilse Bing
Laundry, New York, 1936
gelatin silver print
overall: 19.8 x 28.1 cm (7 13/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Ilse Bing Wolff
2001.147.64

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Ilse Bing
View from Hotel Algonquin, New York, 1936
gelatin silver print
overall: 22.2 x 28.2 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Ilse Bing Wolff
2001.147.65

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Walker Evans
Subway Portrait, 1938-1941
gelatin silver print
sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
image: 12.4 x 18 cm (4 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
John Wilmerding Fund
1989.11.2

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Victoria Hutson Huntley
Lower New York, 1934
lithograph in black on wove paper
image: 25.72 x 34.93 cm (10 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
sheet: 36.2 x 48.9 cm (14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy
2015.115.23

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Godfrey Frankel
Times Square Restaurant, Looking Out on Street, 1946
gelatin silver print
image/sheet: 18.73 x 18.5 cm (7 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)
2015.19.4317

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Alfred Stieglitz
From the Back-Window—291, 1915
platinum print
image (visible): 24.1 x 19.1 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
mat: 52.1 x 40.2 cm (20 1/2 x 15 13/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
1949.3.372

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Phyllis (Pele) De Lappe
Subway, 1932
lithograph
image: 234 x 263 mm (9 1/4 in. x 10 3/8 in.)
sheet: 318 x 411 mm (12 1/2 in. x 16 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
2008.115.1434

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Walker Evans
Subway Portrait, 1938–1941
gelatin silver print
sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
image: 17 x 23.5 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello
1988.56.40

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Walter Rosenblum
Girl on a Swing, Pitt Street, New York, 1938
gelatin silver print
image: 18.8 x 24.1 cm (7 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 19.8 x 25 cm (7 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Patrons' Permanent Fund
2001.67.184

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Lisette Model
42nd Street from the Sixth Avenue Subway, New York, 1940–1941
gelatin silver print
overall: 27.6 x 34.5 cm (10 7/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Fund for Photography
1998.137.1

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Benton Murdoch Spruane
The People Play-Spring, 1941
lithograph in black on wove paper
image: 352 x 454 mm
sheet: 446 x 550 mm
Fine/Looney 1986, no. 170
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
2008.115.4565

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Jolán Gross-Bettelheim
Bowery, c. 1938
lithograph in black on wove paper
image: 35 x 23 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
sheet: 40.2 x 30.5 cm (15 13/16 x 12 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation
2008.115.79

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Martin Lewis
Shadow Dance, 1930
drypoint and etching in black on laid paper
plate: 24.1 x 27.9 cm (9 1/2 x 11 in.)
sheet: 33 x 38.1 cm (13 x 15 in.)
McCarron 1995, no. 88
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Rosenwald Collection
1964.8.1199

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Martin Lewis
Chance Meeting, 1940–1941
drypoint in black on laid paper
plate: 26.67 x 18.89 cm (10 1/2 x 7 7/16 in.)
sheet: 39.21 x 27.15 cm (15 7/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
McCarron 1995, no. 131
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Corcoran Collection (Society of American Etchers, Inc.)
2015.19.515

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Walter Rosenblum
Boy on a Roof, Pitt Street, New York, 1950
gelatin silver print
image: 17.2 x 20.4 cm (6 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.)
sheet: 18 x 21.1 cm (7 1/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Patrons' Permanent Fund
2001.67.185

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Mabel Dwight
Ferry Boat, 1930
lithograph in black on Rives BFK wove paper
image: 23.81 x 25.72 cm (9 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Robinson & Pirog 1997, no. 50
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy
2015.115.15

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Armin Landeck
View of New York, 1932
lithograph in black on wove paper
image: 68.9 x 59.7 cm (27 1/8 x 23 1/2 in.)
sheet: 80 x 64.1 cm (31 1/2 x 25 1/4 in.)
Kraeft and Kraeft 1994, no. 37
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
2008.115.3010

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Esther Bubley
Manhattan Bridge, New York, c. 1947
gelatin silver print
sheet (trimmed to image): 26.5 x 35 cm (10 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Fund for Photography
1999.108.2

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Benton Murdoch Spruance
The People Work - Evening, 1937
lithograph in black on Rives BFK paper
image: 34.61 x 48.26 cm (13 5/8 x 19 in.)
sheet: 40.64 x 58.1 cm (16 x 22 7/8 in.)
Fine/Looney 1986, no. 143
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Rosenwald Collection
1943.3.7988

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Clara E. Sipprell
Sixth Avenue, New York, 1920s
silver print
image: 24.1 x 19.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
mount: 27.7 x 20.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 in.)
mount: 28.3 x 20.7 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
R. K. Mellon Family Foundation
2011.31.1

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Ruth Orkin
Starlight Roof at the Waldorf, New York City, 1950
gelatin silver print
sheet (trimmed to image): 24.1 x 14 cm (9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Fund for Photography
2000.83.3

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Alvin Langdon Coburn
New York, 1910
bound volume of 20 tipped-in, hand-pulled photogravures with an introduction by H.G. Wells
overall: 41 x 31 x 2 cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2009.134.1

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Louis Lozowick
Luna Park, 1926
lithograph in black on wove paper
image: 32.8 x 21.2 cm (12 15/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
sheet: 51.2 x 36 cm (20 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Flint 1982, no. 4
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection
1989.80.11

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Martin Lewis
Glow of the City, 1929
drypoint in black on wove paper
plate: 28.9 x 36.2 cm (11 3/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
sheet: 40 x 47.9 cm (15 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
McCarron 1995, no. 77
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Rosenwald Collection
1943.3.5710

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Charles Turzak
Man with Drill, 1931
woodcut
Image: 308 x 236 mm
Sheet: 354 x 290 mm
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
2008.115.4790

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