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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.1168
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Red House, West Virginia)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
Summer 1937
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, West Virginia, Red House
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/301113

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 20.1 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
image: 16.5 x 24 cm (6 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, left center: 6327M2; stamped in black ink on verso, right center: PLEASE NOTE: Kindly REturn Unsused Photos to the Division of Information, Farm Security Administration, Washington, D.C.; stamped in black ink on verso, lower left, upside down: PLEASE CREDIT F.S.A. FARM SECURITY ADMINSITRATION PHOTO BY: SHAHN; typed in black ink on verso, lower right, upside down: Part of the band, Red House, W. Va. 1937

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.1168
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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