Harvard Art Museums > P1970.2768: Untitled (Post Office, Hernshaw, West Virginia) Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Untitled (Post Office, Hernshaw, West Virginia) (Ben Shahn) , P1970.2768,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/302695. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number P1970.2768 People Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY) Title Untitled (Post Office, Hernshaw, West Virginia) Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date October 1935 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, West Virginia, Hernshaw Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/302695 Physical Descriptions Technique Gelatin silver print Dimensions sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.) image: 19.5 x 24.7 cm (7 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: inscribed in red ink on tape affixed to verso, upper left: dup. of [over] 133; inscribed in graphite on verso, upper center: Post office, Hernshas, West VA. Oct. 1935. 6148 [upside down]; inscribed in red crayon on verso, upper right: O-10; inscribed in graphite on verso, center: RA6148M3 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College Object Number P1970.2768 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Davis Pratt, ed., The Photographic Eye of Ben Shahn, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 1975), 78 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
