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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1979.4
People
Walker Evans, American (St. Louis, Mo., USA 1903 - 1975 New Haven, Conn., USA)
Title
Street Scene, Brooklyn
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1931
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/300328

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
(mount, original): 30.4 x 25.2 cm (11 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
11.5 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Ben Shahn
  • inscription: verso of the original mount, lower center, graphite: Ben Shahn
  • inscription: verso of the original mount, center, graphite: Paul, Dorothy

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
P1979.4
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Verification Level

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