Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P2000.42
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/194926

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 15 x 22.8 cm (5 7/8 x 9 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York, from Estate of Ben Shahn, by exchange to the Harvard University Art Museum, 2000. From studio of Ben Shahn, Roosevelt, New Jersey. Terry Dintenfass Gallery in association with Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc.

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: P2000.42
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Ben Shahn: Cross Media Artist, Photograph, Painting and Graphic Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Kanagawa, 12/03/2011 - 01/29/2012; Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, 02/11/2012 - 03/25/2012; The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama-shi, 04/08/2012 - 05/20/2012

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