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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.2998
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Scene at Smithland, Kentucky
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1935
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/156446

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1320, Modern and Contemporary Art, Social Realism
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Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.3 x 24.2 cm (6 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
mount: 35.7 x 45.8 cm (14 1/16 x 18 1/16 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
2.2002.2998
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gu Zheng, "50 Years and 80 Thousands Photos: Harvard Art Museums' Photography Collections (Part One)", Chinese Photography (Beijing, China, 2018), Issue no. 467, p. 128, ill.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/2024 - 04/14/2025

Verification Level

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