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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2828
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (New York General Post Office, Eighth Avenue and Thirty-third Street, New York City)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1933-1934
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/302574

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
mount (original mount): 17 x 25 cm (6 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
image: 16 x 24 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper right, blue ink: N.Y. DEPRESSION
    1933-1934

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2828
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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