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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.5257
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Barong Dance, Bali)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
February 2, 1960-February 17, 1960
Places
Creation Place: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Bali
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/280751

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 6 x 8.1 cm (2 3/8 x 3 3/16 in.)
sheet: 6.6 x 8.7 cm (2 5/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower left, ink, numeral, in artist's hand: 20 F ["F" circled]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Object Number
P1970.5257
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dr. Forrest McGill, ed., Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in the Arts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan Region, exh. cat., Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (San Francisco, 2022), pp. 165-166, cat. 50

Exhibition History

  • Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, 11/11/2022 - 02/05/2023; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 03/31/2023 - 07/10/2023

Verification Level

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