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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2492
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/302523

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
image: 19.4 x 24.6 cm (7 5/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: A2; inscribed in red crayon and crossed out in red crayon on masking tape affixed to verso, upper left: 55; inscribed in red crayon and crossed out in blue graphite on verso, upper right: G18; inscribed in blue graphite and crossed out in red crayon on verso, upper right: 73; inscribed in graphite on verso, lower left to lower right: Arkansas Cotton PIckers - early morning; inscribed in black crayon and graphite (noted in parentheses) on verso, lower right: RA6028M (3); inscribed in red crayon on verso, lower right: 75 [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
P1970.2492
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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