P1970.1302: Untitled (George Malnosky, Hecla or Calumet, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1970.1302

People

Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)

Title

Untitled (George Malnosky, Hecla or Calumet, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: George Malnosky. He had his foot crushed in the mine. He had barely recovered when his jaw was crushed, and part had to be removed. He explained why working a mine with a machine is dangerous for the miners--the machine works from side to side across th

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

October 1935

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/301213

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet; actual: 20.4 x 25.3 cm (8 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
image: 19.3 x 24.6 cm (7 5/8 x 9 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: inscribed in red crayon on verso, upper right: F-14; inscribed in graphite on verso, upper center: RA-6011M5; inscribed in graphite on verso, lower center: RA6011M

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Copyright

© President and Fellows of Harvard College

Object Number

P1970.1302

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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