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A black and white photograph of a group of children and one adult.

The black and white photograph shows a group of four children in the foreground, the center child looks directly at the camera, two of the children look right, the other is only partially visible. Behind and to the right is a man in a light-colored suit and wearing glasses standing with a girl in a plaid dress. There is a car to their left. In the background is a row of houses. One is partially obscured by a tree, the other two-stories with a balcony, the windows are shuttered.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.1447
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
October 1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Louisiana, New Orleans
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/301445

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.3 x 24.6 cm (6 7/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.1447
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/2019 - 06/02/2021

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