P1970.2857: Untitled (Fifteenth Street or Bethune Street, New York City)
PhotographsThe 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
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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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
Verification Level
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