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A black and white photograph of a crowd in an urban landscape.

The photograph shows a crowd of people on a city street, there is a structure with girders and bars in the background behind which buildings are visible. The people in the crowd are seen from the shoulders up, many are men wearing hats, some wear suits some are in jackets. In the right corner, a man’s face is blocked by another person, but his hat is visible he is facing right. There is a billboard on a building in the left corner; the lettering is not legible.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2902
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1932-1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303053

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15.8 x 23 cm (6 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
mount (original mount): 17.1 x 24.2 cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper right, blue ink: N.Y. PROBABLY
    DIVISION STREET
    1932-33

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2902
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/29/2015

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