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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.3140
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Westmoreland Homesteads, Norvelt, Pennsylvania)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
Summer 1937
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Norvelt
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303237

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
image: 16.5 x 24.7 cm (6 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.3140
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Ben Shahn: A Retrospective, 1898-1969, Jewish Museum, New York, 10/12/1976 - 01/02/1977; University of Georgia, Athens, 01/27/1977 - 03/17/1977; Spertus Museum, Chicago, 04/11/1977 - 05/23/1977; University of Texas at Austin Art Museum, Austin, 06/23/1977 - 08/11/1977; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 09/05/1977 - 10/24/1977; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 11/17/1977 - 01/15/1978
  • Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 10/08/2022 - 03/19/2023

Verification Level

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