P2000.18: Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

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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Publication History

• Ben Shahn: On Nonconformity, exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid, 2023), p. 89, ill. (color)

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

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