© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Identification and Creation
Object Number
P1970.2850
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1932-1934
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/302581
Physical Descriptions
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
mount; vintage (mount, vintage): 17.3 x 25.3 cm (6 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
image: 15.9 x 24.3 cm (6 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper right, blue ink: NEW YORK DEPRESSION
    HARLAM
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper right, graphite: Shahn
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2850
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/29/2015

Photography and Social Change in James Baldwin’s America, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, 09/13/2018 - 12/30/2018

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