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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2382
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (east entrance gate, Angkor Thom, Cambodia)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
February 28, 1960-March 1, 1960
Places
Creation Place: Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Angkor
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/302136

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 9 x 14.5 cm (3 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2382
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The motif of large figures carrying a thick pole horizontally is a common motif in sculpture, relief sculpture, and 2-dimensional representation at the temples of Angkor. It probably represents the story of "the churning of the sea of milk by the gods." See Dumarçay and Smithies, Cultural Sites of Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia (Oxford U. Press, 1990), 99.

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