Berenice Abbott — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works2068

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Previous Sales 329

Bonhams

Berenice Abbott (1898-1991); New York at Night;

$4,200

Apr 2026

Bonhams

Berenice Abbott (1898-1991); View from West Street, New York;

$1,600

Mar 2026

Bonhams

Berenice Abbott (1898-1991); 'Shelter on the Water Front, Coenties Slip, Pier 5, East River, Manhattan';

$7,500

Feb 2026

Sotheby's

Chicken Market, 55 Hester Street, Manhattan, 1937

$2,600

Oct 2024

Sotheby's

Jean Cocteau with Mask, 1927

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

The George Washington Bridge

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Murray Hill Hotel, from Park Avenue and 40th Street, Manhattan

$3,000

Oct 2022

Christie's

El: Second and Third Avenue Lines Bowery and Division Street, Manhattan, 1936

Sotheby's

Christie's

Gunsmith and Police Department, 6 Center Market Place, Manhattan, 1937

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Waterfront from Roof of Irving Trust Co. Building

Unknown

Dec 2020

Sotheby's

Broadway to the Battery

Unknown

Dec 2020

Christie's

Lyric Theater, 3rd Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets, April 24, 1936

$8,125

Oct 2019

Christie's

Pennsylvania Station Interior, July 14, 1936

$6,000

Oct 2019

Christie's

View of Exchange Place from Broadway, New York, 1934

$18,750

Oct 2018

Christie's

Eugène Atget, Paris, 1927

$9,375

Oct 2018

Christie's

Fifth Avenue Houses, No. 4, 6, 8, New York, 1936

$4,750

Oct 2018

Christie's

Nightview, New York at Night, Empire State Building, 1932

$10,000

Apr 2018

Christie's

Nightview, New York at Night, Empire State Building, 1932

$13,750

Oct 2016

Christie's

Nightview, New York at Night, Empire State Building, 1932

$56,250

Oct 2015

Christie's

Sumner Healy Antique Shop, 942 3rd Ave., Manhattan, New York, c. 1936

$8,750

Oct 2015

Christie's

City Arabesque, Manhattan, 1936

$10,625

Mar 2015

For Sale 3

Alan Klotz Gallery · Artsy

Gunsmith

For sale

Alan Klotz Gallery · Artsy

Treasury Building, New York

For sale

Alan Klotz Gallery · Artsy

Exchange Place

For sale

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Market1,590 auction results

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$408 – $87.5K

275 of 319 photographs lots with prices

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$7.1K

Object-type specific

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$3.8K

275 priced photographs lots

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Mar 2026 · $1.6K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Photographs: $3.8K medianWorks on paper: $2.3K medianBooks/portfolios: $7.8K medianEditioned photos: $3.0K medianUnclassified lots: $2.3K medianEditioned objects: $30.5K median

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Education1

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH, USA

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Publications5

Monograph 1

Berenice Abbott Author

Aperture · 2012

Exhibition Catalog 1

The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939

Phaidon Press · 2024

Survey 3

Women Photographers 1900 - 1975: A Legacy of Light

Hatje Cantz · 2025

The Art Book (Mini Format)

Phaidon Press · 2024

Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture

Hatje Cantz · 2002

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Current Exhibitions0

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Spring Auction Photography

The German auction house Lempertz is set to host its spring photography auction, featuring 70 high-caliber works from the renowned collection of Miami…

marketJun 2, 2026

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts gifted collection of nearly 2,000 photographs

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) has received a major gift of 1,986 photographs from Joy of Giving Something Inc (JGS), a nonprofit founded by …

exhibitionsMay 27, 2026

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Boston Art Review (BAR) has published an article examining how Maine-based cultural institutions are approaching the American Semiquincentennial, the …

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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Announces a Major Gift of Nearly 2000 Photographs

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) has received a major donation of nearly 2,000 photographs from the Joy of Giving Something Inc. (JGS), a nonpr…

exhibitionsMay 20, 2026

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts receives major gift of photography

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced a major gift of 1,986 photographs from Joy of Giving Something, Inc. (JGS), a nonprofit founded by f…

exhibitionsMay 19, 2026

MUUS Collection Acquires Todd Webb Archive, Expanding Its Story of 20th-Century American Photography

MUUS Collection has acquired the archive of American photographer Todd Webb (1905–2000), adding approximately 15,000 prints, 50,000 negatives, ephemer…

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The Sioux City Art Center is hosting an opening reception today at 4:00 PM for an exhibition of black-and-white photographs by David Plowden, titled "…

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Paris Photo 2025, the 28th edition of the international photography fair, returns to the Grand Palais from 13-16 November, hosting 179 galleries from …

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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has completed an extensive conservation project on Andrew Wyeth's iconic painting "Christina's World" (1948), which wi…

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Art advisor Ralph DeLuca, in his column "Street Smarts" for Cultured, analyzes the struggling photography market. He notes that photography auction sa…

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The School That Became a Refuge for Artists From Georgia O’Keeffe to Tony Smith

The Art Students League of New York, founded in 1875, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with an exhibition titled "Shaping American Art: A Celebrat…

exhibitionsAug 12, 2025

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Past Exhibitions8

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#221 Marlborough New York

Berenice Abbott’s Greenwich Village

Berenice Abbott

29 Western Ave, Marlboro, NY 12542, USA

Jan 24, 2023 — Mar 11, 2023

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Farnsworth Art Museum

Changing New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott

16 Museum St, Rockland, ME 04841, USA

Oct 5, 2018 — Mar 24, 2019

Changing New York: Photographs by Berenice AbbottOctober 5, 2018 – March 24, 2019

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#3,265 Bookstein Projects

Berenice Abbott: Selections from "Changing New York"

Berenice Abbott

39 E 78th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10075, USA

Jun 6, 2018 — Jul 27, 2018

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Huntington Museum of Art

Macy’s Presents: WWW.PAPER (Women Working with Paper)

Maria Sibylla Merian, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Käthe Kollwitz, Marie Laurencin, Sonia Delaunay, Berenice Abbott, Blanche Lazzell, Louise Nevelson, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marcia Marx, Lee Bontecou, Yvonne Jacquette, Helen Frankenthaler, Kiki Smith, Miriam Schapiro, Ida Kohlmeyer, Lesley Dill, Maggie Taylor, Janet Fish, Lynda Benglis, Alison Saar, Joan Mitchell, Carrie Mae Weems, Sandy Skoglund, Sook Jin Jo

2033 McCoy Rd, Huntington, WV 25701, USA

Feb 28, 2015 — Jun 14, 2015

Maria Sibylla Merian, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Käthe Kollwitz, Marie Laurencin, Sonia Delaunay, Berenice Abbott, Blanche Lazzell, Louise Nevelson, Gloria Vanderbi...

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#197 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Berenice Abbott

41 E 57th St 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Feb 27, 2014 — Apr 12, 2014

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#197 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Scenes from the South 1936 - 2012

Berenice

41 E 57th St 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

May 3, 2013 — Jun 1, 2013

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Leopold Museum

Magic of the Object

Fritz Simak, Robert Zahornicky, Elsa Thiemann, Edward Weston, Erwin Wurm, Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Herbert Bayer, Harry Callahan, Giovanni Castell, Madame D´Ora, Alfred Ehrhardt

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2011

Magic of the Object Three Centuries of Photography 6 June 2011 - 3 October 2011 extended until 10 October 2011!

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