P1970.2833: Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)
PhotographsThe black and white photograph shows a bust length portrait of a man sitting in front of a building. The man is in profile looking to the left. He is wearing a hat pulled down slightly over his right eye. He is wearing a jacket over a ribbed sweater. The building behind him is partially in shade, the lower part on the left is in sunlight
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1970.2833
- People
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Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
- Title
- Untitled (Sixth Avenue, 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/302592
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
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mount (original mount): 16.2 x 23.6 cm (6 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
image: 14.8 x 22.6 cm (5 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: verso of mount, upper left, blue ink: N.Y. 1932-33
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
- Copyright
- © President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Object Number
- P1970.2833
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/29/2015
Verification Level
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