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A black and white photograph of a woman and child in a window.

The black and white photograph shows a woman and child looking out of an open window in a brick building. The window is in the upper left corner. The child is on the left, both hands rest on the window sill. The woman is resting her arms on the window sill, she is looking to the left. There is a door in the right corner, an iron railing runs out from the building and down the steps in the lower right corner. The top of another window is visible in the lower left edge of the image.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2857
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Fifteenth Street or Bethune 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/302932

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15.2 x 22.6 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite, in artist's hand: PT
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite, in artist's hand: Ruth Lord
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite, in artist's hand: 15th St

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2857
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
this photograph is a reversal

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, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015

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