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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.74
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (relief station, Urbana, Ohio)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
August 1938
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Urbana
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/300104

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 17.4 x 23.6 cm (6 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 28 [circled]
  • inscription: verso, upper right, red graphite: 6589-M3
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 6589M3
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: 28 [circled] inscribed in red crayon on verso, upper right: 6589-m3; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: 6589m3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.74
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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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

Verification Level

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