Untitled (Welfare Hospital, Welfare Island, New York City)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P1970.2810
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Untitled (Welfare Hospital, Welfare Island, New York City)
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1934-1935
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/302591

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 15.1 × 24.3 cm (5 15/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
mount (vintage): 16.6 × 25 cm (6 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso of the mount, upper right, blue ink: N.Y. CIRCA 1931-2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright: © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number: P1970.2810
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), 2
Ben Shahn: On Nonconformity, exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid, 2023), p. 20. fig. 2, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

The Modern Spirit: American Painting 1908-1935, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 08/19/1977 - 09/11/1977; Hayward Gallery, London, 09/28/1977 - 11/20/1977

Verification Level

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