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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.1105
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (school, Ozarks, Arkansas)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
October 1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Arkansas, Ozarks
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/301042

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 20.1 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
image: 15.8 x 24.5 cm (6 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in red crayon, upper right: M-43; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: 6090M5 [over] Ozark School Children "They haven't a chance in the world" [over] 6090

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.1105
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Ben Shahn as Photographer, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/29/1969 - 12/14/1969
  • Ben Shahn, Photographer, Fitchburg Art Museum, 10/05/1975 - 10/31/1975

Verification Level

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