P1970.2902: Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)
PhotographsThe photograph shows a crowd of people on a city street, there is a structure with girders and bars in the background behind which buildings are visible. The people in the crowd are seen from the shoulders up, many are men wearing hats, some wear suits some are in jackets. In the right corner, a man’s face is blocked by another person, but his hat is visible he is facing right. There is a billboard on a building in the left corner; the lettering is not legible.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1970.2902
- People
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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
- 1932-1935
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/303053
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
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image: 15.8 x 23 cm (6 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
mount (original mount): 17.1 x 24.2 cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: verso of mount, upper right, blue ink: N.Y. PROBABLY
DIVISION STREET
1932-33
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inscription: verso of mount, upper right, blue ink: N.Y. PROBABLY
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
- Copyright
- © President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Object Number
- P1970.2902
- 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
Verification Level
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