A black and white photograph of a man sleeping on a sidewalk.

The black and white photograph shows a man in a suit and hat lying on his left side on a newspaper spread out on a sidewalk. His head is resting on his outstretched left arm, his right arm is bent, the hand resting on the newspaper. Behind him are the bars of iron fence though which small bushes are visible and an open grassy space in the background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2864
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (probably Fourth Avenue, Lower East Side, 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/302934

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
mount (original mount): 17.5 x 25 cm (6 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
image: 15.8 x 23.8 cm (6 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper right, graphite: Shahn
    early 30s
    NYC

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2864
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, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015

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