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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.41
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Lower East Side, New York City)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1932-1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195205

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15.5 x 24.2 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
mount: 16.3 x 24.7 cm (6 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of the mount, upper left, graphite, in artist's hand: 6 [circled]
  • inscription: verso of the mount, lower left, upside down, graphite: Mrs Shahn 1932

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
P2000.41
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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