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A black and white photograph showing three people dancing.

The black and white photograph shows three people, two women, one man, dancing outdoors on an unpaved surface. The man and woman are dressed in solid, light colored clothing and are facing away from the viewer. The woman is on the left, the man is on the right, they are holding their joined hands raised, a woman in a dark, print dress is between them facing the viewer. There is clapboard building behind them with a porch on the left side.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.3112
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Dancers at Cumberland Homesteads, Crossville, Tennessee
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1937
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/156125

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.4 x 24.2 cm (6 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 20.4 x 25.3 cm (8 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.3112
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/2019 - 06/02/2021

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