A black and white photograph of a woman in front of a shop front window.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The photograph shows a waist length portrait of a woman leaning against a shop window with a “for rent” sign in the lower right corner. The woman is looking down and to the right. She is wearing a hat, a dark coat with a fur collar and a light colored scarf around her neck. The doorway to the shop is behind her to the left and is dark.

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
Permissions

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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

Verification Level

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