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A black and white photograph of a woman standing in front of a store.

The black and white photograph shows a woman holding a newspaper and looking to her right, standing in the doorway of a store with a going out of business sign in the window. There are rows of lighted clear glass bulbs hanging in the window to her right, behind her to the left are racks with signs giving prices for products.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.14
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Fourteenth Street, 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/194924

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15 x 22.8 cm (5 7/8 x 9 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, New York, by exchange to the Harvard University Art Museum, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn, by exchange
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
P2000.14
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/2019 - 06/02/2021
  • Painting for the People: Ben Shahn and the Art of Social Justice, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 10/03/2023 - 02/26/2024

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