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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.1266
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Purseglove Coal Mining Company Office, Scotts Run, West Virginia)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Purseglove, on Scott's run, W.Va. Payoff at Purseglove mine.
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
October 1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, West Virginia, Scotts Run
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/301182

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19.3 x 23.9 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, center: RA-6123M-3 [over] 6123 [upside down]; inscribed in red crayon on verso, lower left, upside down: E42; inscribed in graphite on verso, lower center to lower right: Payoff at Purseglove - Scotts Run

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.1266
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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