A black and white photograph of two men sitting on a bench in an urban landscape.
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The black and white photograph shows two men sitting on a bench facing the viewer. The man on the left is wearing round glasses, a hat, a dark sport coat with a tie and light colored trousers. His right arm is resting on the back of the bench. The man on the right has a moustache, he is wearing a straw boater with a dark ribbon, a dark sport coat with a tie and light colored trousers. His arms are folded across his chest. There is a row of buildings in the background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2781
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Seward Park (or Hester 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/302539

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
mount (original mount): 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
image: 17.3 x 22.5 cm (6 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto of mount, lower left, purple ink, in artist's hand: Seward Park
  • inscription: recto of mount, lower right, graphite: 1933-
  • inscription: verso of mount, lower right, graphite: Hester Park
  • inscription: in ink on the mount in the lower right corner: Seward Park; in graphite on the mount in the lower left corner: 1933; in graphite on verso of the mount: Hester Park

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2781
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), 11

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015

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