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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.135
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (daughter of Virgil Thaxton, near Mechanicsburg, Ohio)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
July 1938-August 1938
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Mechanicsburg
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/300224

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 11 x 16.8 cm (4 5/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
image: 9.5 x 14.9 cm (3 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, blue ink, in artist's hand: These are the Thaxtons
    with their unmarried
    children
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 5 (circled;crossed out)
    5 (circled)
    6648 M4
  • inscription: verso, center, red graphite, in artist's hand: Daughter of Mr T -
  • inscription: inscribed in blue ink and crossed out in red crayon on verso, upper left: These are the Thaxtons [over] with their unmarried [over] children; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: 15 [upside down, circled, and crossed out] 5 [circled] 6488M4 [upside down]; inscribed in red crayon on verso, center, left to right: Daughter of Mr T-

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.135
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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