P1970.2476: Greenwich Village (Bethune Street, New York City)
PhotographsThe black and white photograph shows a group of nine boys on the step of a building on a corner. The windows of the building are covered with grates, there is a column on the edge of the step. There is a young boy standing by himself on the right side leaning against the building. There is a young man, his back to the viewer holding onto the column watching a group of four boys kneeling or sitting behind the column, a young man stands to the left looking down. A person wearing a hat is behind him.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1970.2476
- People
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Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
- Title
- Greenwich Village (Bethune Street, 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/302537
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
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mount (original mount): 20.2 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
image: 16 x 24.2 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Ben Shahn
- inscription: recto of mount, lower left, purple ink, in artist's hand: Greenwich village
- inscription: recto of mount, lower right, blue ink, signed, in artist's hand: Ben Shahn
- inscription: signature in ink on the mount in the lower right corner beneath the image; "Greenwich Village" in ink on the mount in the lower left corner beneath the image
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
- Copyright
- © President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Object Number
- P1970.2476
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Ben Shahn: On Nonconformity, exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid, 2023), p. 88, ill. (color)
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015
- Painting for the People: Ben Shahn and the Art of Social Justice, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 10/03/2023 - 02/26/2024
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