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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.3536
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Jersey Homesteads, New Jersey)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1939
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New Jersey, Jersey Homesteads
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303155

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 10.5 x 16.1 cm (4 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite, in artist's hand: Ben Shahn
    Migrant workers in
    New Jersey
    Series
  • inscription: verso, left center, graphite, in artist's hand: Dr. Harold Cox
    volunteered to
    innoculate &
    help them
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: Late 30's or
    early 40's
  • stamp: verso, center, upside down, black ink: 6731
  • inscription: verso, center, upside down, red crayon: M4
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 2-24

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.3536
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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