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Call Number:

PH-00553

Collection Name:

New York

Creator:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 (1866 - 1946)

No. of Items:

20 photogravures in album

Span Dates:

1911?

Description:

Published pictorial album, titled New York (New York: Brentano’s, 1911?), containing 20 photogravures by Alvin Langdon Coburn (British, born America, 1882-1966) with a foreword by H. G. Wells (British, 1866-1946). "The photogravures in this volume are from plates prepared by the artist, and printed under his personal supervision." The Center's copy is the author's inscribed presentation copy to Helmut Gernsheim, dated October 18, 1963.

Accession No(s):

964:0973:0001-0020

Location(s):

f F 128.5 C65 HRC-P (964:0973:0001-0020)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Coburn, Alvin Langdon (1882 - 1966)
Title	The Metropolitan Tower
Date	published 1911?
Medium	Photogravure
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0973:0001

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