P1970.135: Untitled (daughter of Virgil Thaxton, near Mechanicsburg, Ohio)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1970.135

People

Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)

Title

Untitled (daughter of Virgil Thaxton, near Mechanicsburg, Ohio)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

July 1938-August 1938

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Mechanicsburg

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/300224

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet; actual: 11 x 16.8 cm (4 5/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
image: 9.5 x 14.9 cm (3 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, upper left, blue ink, in artist's hand: These are the Thaxtons
  with their unmarried
  children
• inscription: verso, center, graphite: 5 (circled;crossed out)
  5 (circled)
  6648 M4
• inscription: verso, center, red graphite, in artist's hand: Daughter of Mr T -
• inscription: inscribed in blue ink and crossed out in red crayon on verso, upper left: These are the Thaxtons [over] with their unmarried [over] children; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: 15 [upside down, circled, and crossed out] 5 [circled] 6488M4 [upside down]; inscribed in red crayon on verso, center, left to right: Daughter of Mr T-

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Copyright

© President and Fellows of Harvard College

Object Number

P1970.135

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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