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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2793
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Main Street, Lancaster, Ohio)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
August 1938, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Lancaster
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303443

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1320, Modern and Contemporary Art, Social Realism
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Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
image: 17.1 x 24.4 cm (6 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left and center: Main Street in Lancaster, Ohio. Photo by Shahn, Aug. 1938; inscribed in blue graphite on verso, upper right: 6.; inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: 21047 [over] 6390 [over] M2 [over] P; inscrbied in red graphite on verso, upper left: 107; stamped in black ink on verso, upper center: Reproduced from the collections of the Library of Congress; inscribed in red crayon on verso, lower right: 6 [circled]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Museum Acquisition
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2793
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/2024 - 04/14/2025

Verification Level

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