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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.170
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Marysville, Ohio)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
July 1938-August 1938
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Marysville
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/300245

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.2 x 24 cm (6 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 26 (circled)
  • stamp: verso, top center, black ink, stamp: PLEASE NOTE:
    Kindly Return Unused Photos
    to the Division of Information,
    Fram Security Administration,
    Washington, D.C.
  • inscription: upper right, red graphite: 6641 -M5
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 6641 M5
    66 (red graphite)
  • stamp: verso, right center, black ink, stamp: PLEASE CREDIT
    F.S.A.
    FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
    PHOTO BY: SHAHN
  • inscription: verso, lower right, black ink, typed: Street Scene. Marysville, Ohio. Summer 1938
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: 26 [circled]; stamped in black ink on verso, upper center: PLEASE NOTE: [over] Kindly Return Unused Photos [over] to the Division of Information, [over] Farm Security Administration, [over] Washington, D.C.; inscribed in red crayon on verso, upper right: 6641-M5; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: 6641M5; stamped in black ink on verso, right center : PLEASE CREDIT [over] F.S.A. [over] FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION [over] PHOTO BY: SHAHN; inscribed in red crayon on verso, lower center: 66; typed in black ink on verso, lower right, upside down: Street scene. Marysville, Ohio. Summer 1938

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.170
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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