P1970.98: Untitled (relief station, Urbana, Ohio)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1970.98

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/300200

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 15.4 x 22.8 cm (6 1/16 x 9 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 28 [circled]
• inscription: verso, upper right, red graphite: 6622-M3
• inscription: verso, center, graphite: 6622M3
• inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: 28 [circled]; inscribed in red crayon on verso, upper right: 6622-M3; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: 6623M3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Copyright

© President and Fellows of Harvard College

Object Number

P1970.98

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

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