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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Court of the First Model Tenement
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Held by the artist.

Court of the First Model Tenement

Artist/Maker (United States, 1898 - 1991)
Date1936 (printed 1979)
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions18 7/8 x 15 3/8"
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Safra Bank through Vito S. Portera
Terms
    Object number81.0137
    DescriptionThis frontal view of a tenement interior preserves a slice of architectural history. The work's greater legacy is its reflection of social history. The flapping laundry infuses the work with a profound humanism. In isolating and monumentalizing the slum, Abbott elevates the lowly subject to a thing of importance and sympathetic contemplation.
    On View
    Not on view
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Debbie Rose Myers
    1997
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Andy Warhol
    1987
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Red Grooms
    1985
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Chryssa
    1963
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Louise Nevelson
    1955
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Gran Chiriquí
    ca. 800-1500
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    early 18th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Chimú
    900-1460