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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.5604
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (children of miners working in Sunbeam Mines, Scotts Run, West Virginia)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
October 1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, West Virginia, Scotts Run
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/330692

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24 x 19.5 cm (9 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 25.4 x 20.2 cm (10 x 7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, b.r., in red grease pencil, rotated 90 degrees to the right: D-13
  • inscription: verso, t.l., in graphite, rotated 90 degrees to the right: 6134-3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Object Number
P1970.5604
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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