Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2545
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (cotton pickers, Alexander Plantation, Pulaski County, Arkansas)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
October 1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Arkansas, Pulaski County
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/302173

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
image: 19.5 x 24.7 cm (7 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in red ink and crossed out in red crayon on tape affixed to verso, upper left: 52; inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left, upside down: 6026 [last "6" crossed out and inscribed with "7"]; inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: Harry Colonil; inscribed in blue graphite and crossed out in red crayon on verso, upper right: 72; inscribed in red crayon and crossed out in blue graphite on verso, upper right: G 37; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: RA-6027M2 [over] B.H.; inscribed in red crayon on verso, lower right: 74 [circled]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2545
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Verification Level

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