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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.5455
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (bronze Buddha statue, Horyuji Temple or Todaiji Temple, Nara, Japan)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
March 18, 1960
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Nara Prefecture, Nara
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273414

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 5.6 x 8.3 cm (2 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
sheet: 6.3 x 9 cm (2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, center, upside-down, graphite, numeral, in artist's hand: 8
  • inscription: verso, lower right, ink, numeral, in artist's hand: 9.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Object Number
P1970.5455
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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