2011.553: Untitled (worker throwing coal into furnace, Nigeria)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.553

People

Ken Heyman, American (New York, NY born 1930)

Title

Untitled (worker throwing coal into furnace, Nigeria)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1959, printed 1972

Places

Creation Place: Africa, Nigeria

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/339573

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

32.4 x 26 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, top center, in graphite: 1124 [over] R16920 [over] NEW14 [over] #10
• inscription: verso, t.l. in graphite: photo 59 [over] print 72 [over] K Heyman
• stamp: verso, center, ink and graphite: PLEASE CREDIT PHOTO BY [over] KEN HEYMAN [over] MERIDIAN [over] 64 EAST 55TH ST. N.Y. 22 N.Y. [over] HA 1-4512 [over] WHEN REORDERING PLEASE REFER TO [over] FILE NUMBER R16920 [over] NEW14 FRAME 10
• inscription: verso, bottom center, in graphite: Nigeria
• inscription: verso, bottom center, in graphite: KH-522
• stamp: verso, b.r., in blue ink: PLEASE CREDIT: [over] KEN HEYMAN [over] SIXTY-FOUR WEST FIFTY-FIFTH ST. [over] NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022 HA 1-4512

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Neal and Susan Yanofsky, Carlisle, MA, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Susan and Neal Yanofsky

Copyright

© Ken Heyman

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

2011.553

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 01/01/2023

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