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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1970.2873
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (New York City)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1932-1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/302939

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
mount; vintage (mount, vintage): 18.5 x 24.3 cm (7 5/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
image: 16.4 x 22.6 cm (6 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, upper right, blue ink: NOTE ORIGIN OF "DEMOCRA-
    CIES FEAR PEACE
    OFFENSIVE" N.Y. 1935-'36

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Copyright
© President and Fellows of Harvard College
Object Number
P1970.2873
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Ben Shahn: On Nonconformity, exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid, 2023), p. 122, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Ben Shahn: Cross Media Artist, Photograph, Painting and Graphic Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Kanagawa, 12/03/2011 - 01/29/2012; Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, 02/11/2012 - 03/25/2012; The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama-shi, 04/08/2012 - 05/20/2012
  • Painting for the People: Ben Shahn and the Art of Social Justice, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 10/03/2023 - 02/26/2024

Verification Level

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