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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.26
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled ("Hooverville," Circleville, Ohio)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
July 1938-August 1938
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Circleville
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/300039

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
image: 16.1 x 24.1 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper right, black ink: C60
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 6579M4
  • stamp:
  • inscription: inscribed in black ink on verso, upper left: C60; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: 6579M4; stamped in black ink on verso, center: PLEASE CREDIT [over] F.S.A. [over] FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION [over] PHOTO BY: SHAHN

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.26
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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