W15 Suhadolnik - RCHUMS 251 - Sounds of New York: Music and Place in an Urban Landscape

This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of a man with a large camera seated on a slender line high above Fifth Avenue in New York City.  It is surrounded by the text: Set No. 8; Underwood & Underwood, Publishers, Unique; 8288—Photographing New York City—on a slender support 18 stories above pavement of Fifth Avenue.
Stereo Classics Studio
Stereoscope Image, Set No. 8: Photographing New York City, on a slender support 18 stories above pavement on Fith Avenue
photograph on cardboard
3 9/16 in. x 7 in. ( 9 cm x 17.8 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
Elliott Erwitt
Legs on a Wall, New York, U.S.A., from "Recent Developments"
gelatin silver print on paper
14 in. x 11 in. ( 35.5 cm x 27.9 cm )
Gift of Lawrence and Carol Zicklin
Night view of New York City skyscrapers seen from above.
Berenice Abbott
New York at Night
gelatin silver print on paper
13 3/8 in x 10 1/2 in (33.97 cm x 26.67 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm);20 1/16 in x 16 in (50.96 cm x 40.64 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern and the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
Elevated and angled view down Fifth Avenue from the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.
Alvin Langdon Coburn
Fifth Avenue, from the St. Regis
photogravure on paper
7 3/8 in x 5 7/8 in (18.7 cm x 14.9 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.5 cm x 49.2 cm);7 7/8 in x 6 1/4 in (20 cm x 15.9 cm)
Museum Purchase
In this long horizontally oriented print, we see multiple people of various colors on a subway car; some sit and others stand holding onto subway poles. Windows show various scenes- a plane in the sky, men playing basketball, fish, musicians, and a small group of people walking with a flag. 
Jacob Lawrence
New York in Transit I
screenprint on paper
12 1/16 in x 36 1/4 in (30.64 cm x 92.07 cm);25 5/8 in x 48 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in (65.09 cm x 123.51 cm x 4.13 cm)
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
Todd Webb
Mr. Perkin's Pierce Arrow, Harlem, New York
gelatin silver print on paper
4 5/16 in x 5 1/2 in (11 cm x 14 cm);11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm);16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson
This photograph depicts a nude woman standing in a large window overlooking an evening cityscape.
Helmut Newton
Patti Hansen Over Manhattan
gelatin silver print on paper
12 3/16 in x 8 1/8 in (30.96 cm x 20.64 cm)
Gift of Gerald and Selma Lotenberg
A cityscape scene with skyscrapers and a large crane between them. The angle does not show the ground and is more of a mid-range view of the buildings.
Louis Stettner
New York
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
People seated on a grandstand looking at a parade passing by. The Twin Towers are in the background with clear skies.
Duncan Hartley
Bicentennial Celebration in New York
digital print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta
22 in. x 17 in. ( 55.88 cm x 43.18 cm )
Gift of the artist
This print includes three seperate images and text.  At the top is a sketch in black ink of the Museum of Modern Art, wrapped in textile, with buildings behind it.  Below is a map of the area in NYC around MoMA and a photograph of MoMA, unwrapped. Handwritten labels and notes are included.
Christo; Jeanne-Claude
The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York
lithograph on paper
27 15/16 in x 21 15/16 in (70.96 cm x 55.72 cm)
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
A sedan parked in an empty lot on a snowy night is illuminated by a brightly-lit electric Christmas star.
Joel Meyerowitz
JFK Airport, New York City
gelatin silver print on paper
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm);217 1/2 in x 22 1/8 in (552.45 cm x 56.2 cm)
Gift of Selma & Gerald Lotenberg
Photograph of a man and woman, surrounded by pedestrians, that embrace below a movie marquee bearing the words "KISS ME, STUPID."
Joel Meyerowitz
New Year's Eve, NYC
gelatin silver print on paper
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm);18 1/8 in x 22 1/8 in (46.04 cm x 56.2 cm)
Gift of Selma & Gerald Lotenberg

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