A black and white photograph of two women seated in front of a building.
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The photograph shows two women seated in front of a building with windows. Both women are viewed from the waist up. The woman on the left has short dark hair parted on the right. Her head is tilted slightly to the right. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a V-neck and short sleeves. The dress has a small floral pattern. Her hands are clasped in her lap. The woman on the right has hair pulled straight back from her forehead. Her right arm resting on the back of a chair, her hand touches her shoulder. Her left hand rests on her leg. She is wearing a V-neck dress with short sleeves; it is a medium dark color with black and white dots.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2829
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Elizabeth Street, New York City)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1932-1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/302575

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
mount (original mount): 17.5 x 25.5 cm (6 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
image: 16.4 x 24.4 cm (6 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper right, blue ink: N.Y. 1933 - '34
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper right, graphite: ELIZABETH ST.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2829
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Ben Shahn: Cross Media Artist, Photograph, Painting and Graphic Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Kanagawa, 12/03/2011 - 01/29/2012; Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, 02/11/2012 - 03/25/2012; The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama-shi, 04/08/2012 - 05/20/2012
  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/29/2015

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