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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.3613
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (Main Street, Lancaster, Ohio)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
August 1938
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Ohio, Lancaster
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303759

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
image: 16.4 x 24.4 cm (6 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in red crayon on recto, lower left to lower right: l<--------3 15"/16-------->l [over] HNA591 B4; inscribed in black ink on verso, upper left: J [over scotch tape affixed to verso]; inscribed in graphite on verso, upper center: 6390M4; inscribed in black ink on verso, upper center, oriented vertically: 79; inscribed in graphite on verso, center left to center right: <-------3 3/4------->; inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right, oriented vertically: PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN SHAHN [OVER] FOR FSA. [OVER] OHIO, SUMMER, 1938 [OVER] PRINT IS COURTESY OF FOGG [OVER] MUSEUM [OVER] (PERMISSION: DAVIS PRATT OF FOGG)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.3613
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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