Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower, N.Y.
Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower, N.Y.
1909 (printed 1979)20th century
115 x 75 mm (4.5 x 3 in.)
Karl Struss, American, (1886–1981)
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Platinum print
Edition:
32/75; from “Karl Struss: A Portfolio 1909/29,” published in Ann Arbor, 1979; printed by Phil Davis under the artist’s direction
Marks:
Signed in pencil on verso, lower right: “Karl Struss”; inscribed on recto, lower left: “32/75”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Acquired by the donor in 1982 from the Witkin Gallery
Credit Line:
Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1986
Accession Number:
1986.48.7
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
- business - Use for the broad area of commercial or mercantile activity involving the exchange of commodities, services, or financial resources. W [February 1993 related term added. February 1991 descriptor moved. January 1991 scope note changed.]
- finance - Branch of economics concerning the management or use of funds and credit by a government, business, or individual. W [February 1991 scope note changed; descriptor moved. January 1991 alternate term added.]
- New York City - TGN 7007567 (“New York” preferred, “New York City” display; retained “City” for clarity)
- Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
- Pictorialist - Use with reference to the 19th-century movement in photography.
Location
Latitude: American, Longitude: D'Oench
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 115 x 75 mm (4.5 x 3 in.)
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Credit Caption
Karl Struss, American, (1886–1981) . Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower, N.Y., 1909 (printed 1979). Platinum print. image : 115 x 75 mm (4.5 x 3 in.). DAC accession number 1986.48.7. Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1986. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .
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