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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.18
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
May 1934-June 1934
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New Hampton
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194922

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15 x 22.7 cm (5 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of the mount, upper left, graphite, in artist's hand: I. Prisoners
    #24
  • inscription: verso of the mount, upper right, graphite: V7
  • inscription: verso of the mount, lower left, graphite: 3
  • inscription: verso of the mount, lower left, upside down, graphite: Mrs Shahn 1932
  • inscription: verso of the mount, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: I 10 ["10" circled]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, New York, by exchange to the Harvard University Art Museum, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn, by exchange
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
P2000.18
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Painting for the People: Ben Shahn and the Art of Social Justice, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 10/03/2023 - 02/26/2024

Verification Level

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