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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.161
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Main Street, Plain City, Ohio)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
August 1938
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Plain City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/300241

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15.7 x 22.7 cm (6 3/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 27 (circled)
  • inscription: verso, upper right, black ink, in artist's hand: Main Street, Plain City, Ohio
  • inscription: verso, left center, graphite: 6646 M2
  • inscription: verso, lower left, red graphite: 6646 - M2 (inverted)
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: 27 [circled]; inscribed in black ink on verso, upper center to upper right: Main Street, Plain City, Ohio; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: 6466M2; inscribed in red crayon on verso, lower left, upside down: 6466-M2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.161
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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