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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.5495
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Japan)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
March 14, 1960-April 22, 1960
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273827

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 5.6 x 8.3 cm (2 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
sheet: 6.3 x 9 cm (2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, center, upside-down, graphite, numeral, in artist's hand: 8
  • inscription: verso, lower right, oriented vertically, graphite, numeral, in artist's hand: 21

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Object Number
P1970.5495
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Graffiti messages: "Anti-[Korean?]war"; "Protect peace" (heiwa-mamoru); "October, 1954" (Japanese characters)

Verification Level

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