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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.173
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (cannery, Circleville, Ohio)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
July 1938-August 1938
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Circleville
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/300246

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
image: 16.4 x 24.2 cm (6 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, black ink: C 81
  • stamp: verso, left center, black ink, stamp: PLEASE CREDIT
    F.S.A.
    FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
    PHOTO BY: SHAHN
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 6416 M1
  • inscription: inscribed in black ink on verso, upper left: C81; stamped in black ink on verso, left center : PLEASE CREDIT [over] F.S.A. [over] FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION [over] PHOTO BY: SHAHN; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: 6416M1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.173
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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