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A black and white photograph of four men sitting in an urban landscape.

The black and white photograph shows four men sitting on a bench, there is a cast iron railing behind them. The man on the left is wearing a suit and tie and faces the viewer, the second man is wearing a suit and no tie, hands clasped on this knee, he is facing right. The third man wears a hat, a shirt and tie, his left hand at his chin, the fourth man wears a suit and tie and a hat, he leans slightly to the left. There is a row of multi-storied buildings in the background along the length of the picture plane.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2780
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Seward Park, New York City)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1932-1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/302275

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
mount (original mount): 17 x 25 cm (6 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
image: 15.8 x 24 cm (6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Roosevelt, NJ, gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1970.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2780
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Davis Pratt, ed., The Photographic Eye of Ben Shahn, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 1975), 10
  • Max Kozloff, New York: Capital of Photography, exh. cat., The Jewish Museum, New York and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New York and New Haven, CT, 2002), plate 17

Exhibition History

  • Ben Shahn: A Retrospective, 1898-1969, Jewish Museum, New York, 10/12/1976 - 01/02/1977; University of Georgia, Athens, 01/27/1977 - 03/17/1977; Spertus Museum, Chicago, 04/11/1977 - 05/23/1977; University of Texas at Austin Art Museum, Austin, 06/23/1977 - 08/11/1977; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 09/05/1977 - 10/24/1977; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 11/17/1977 - 01/15/1978
  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015

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