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A black and white photograph of a man and woman in front of a building.

The photograph shows bust length portrait of a man and a woman standing in front of a building. The man is on the left, he is in profile looking right, he has dark hair, is clean-shaven and is wearing a white shirt, dark tie, and a medium dark jacket. The woman is on the right, looking to the left, she has light curly hair, she is wearing a hat tilted to the right, a light colored top and is holding something in her left hand which is raised to her mouth.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.3122
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
14th St. (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/302875

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16 x 24.3 cm (6 5/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
mount (original mount): 20.2 x 25.4 cm (7 15/16 x 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto of mount, lower left, purple ink, in artist's hand: 14th St.
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper right, blue ink: N.Y. EARLY 30S
  • inscription: in ink on the mount in the lower left corner: "14th St."; in ink on verso of the mount: "N.Y. EARLY 30s"

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.3122
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Scenes from the Living Theatre--Sidewalks of New York", New Theatre (New York, NY, November 1934), 18, lower right

Exhibition History

  • Ben Shahn: Cross Media Artist, Photograph, Painting and Graphic Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Kanagawa, 12/03/2011 - 01/29/2012; Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, 02/11/2012 - 03/25/2012; The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama-shi, 04/08/2012 - 05/20/2012
  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/29/2015

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