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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.3101
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Kentucky coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1935
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/155799

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.3 x 24.1 cm (6 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University (1996-2011), transferred; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.3101
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • The Construction of the World - Art and the Economy, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, 10/11/2018 - 02/03/2019

Verification Level

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