2011.549: Untitled (work in lumber yard, Nigeria)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.549

People

Ken Heyman, American (New York, NY born 1930)

Title

Untitled (work in lumber yard, Nigeria)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1959

Places

Creation Place: Africa, Nigeria

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/339569

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

33.4 x 23.2 cm (13 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: verso, top center: Photograph By [over] Ken Heyman [over] [the following is scratched out with graphite] [copyright symbol] 1963 Magnum Photos [over] 15 West 47th Street, N.Y.C. 36
• inscription: verso, center, in graphite: T-201 [over] C44 [over] #10
• inscription: verso, middle right, in graphite: K. Heyman
• stamp: verso, center, in black ink: PLEASE CREDIT PHOTO BY [over] KEN HEYMAN [over] 114 EAST 55 ST. N.Y. 22 N.Y. [over] PL 3-6360
• inscription: verso, b.l., in graphite: Nigeria [over] photo 59 [over] print 59 [over] work in [over] lumber yard [over] K [over] KH322
• stamp: verso, b.r., in blue ink: PLEASE CREDIT: [over] KEN HEYMAN [over] SIXTY-FOUR WEST FIFTY-FIFTH ST. [over] NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022 HA 1-4512

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Neal and Susan Yanofsky, Carlisle, MA, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Susan and Neal Yanofsky

Copyright

© Ken Heyman

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

2011.549

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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