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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.3037
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/302978

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15 x 22.8 cm (5 7/8 x 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper left, graphite, in artist's hand: B) 8th Ave 42nd
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: c 1932 - 1934 N.Y.C.
    Shahn photo [underlined]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: B 2 [circled]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.3037
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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