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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
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