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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.1458
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Capitol steamer, Mississippi River, Arkansas)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
October 1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Arkansas
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/301276

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
image: 18.9 x 24.7 cm (7 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in red crayon on verso, upper right: Q-54; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: Ra6073M-2; inscribed in black crayon on verso, lower center: RA6073

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.1458
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Ben Shahn as Photographer, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/29/1969 - 12/14/1969
  • Ben Shahn, Photographer, Fitchburg Art Museum, 10/05/1975 - 10/31/1975

Verification Level

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