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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.3039
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Eighth Avenue and Forty-second Street, New York City)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1932-1934
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/302814

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
mount; vintage (mount, vintage): 16.1 x 24.1 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
image: 16.1 x 24.7 cm (6 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper right, graphite, in artist's hand: c. 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.3039
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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