Artist
Ben Shahn (American, born Lithuania, 1898–1969)American, born Lithuania, 1898–1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
- A Medicine Show in Huntingdon, Tennessee
- Medicine show audience, Huntingdon, Tennessee
DateOctober 1935, printed 1976
PlaceHuntingdon, Tennessee, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 13 1/2 in. (23 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.416
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left in pencil reading vertically " RS 53142[underlined] / F33-6166 / M2 "
verso center reading vertically a stamp " Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress "
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Ben Shahn
October 1935, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.201
Ben Shahn
1937, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.203
Ben Shahn
October 1935, printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
76.415
Ben Shahn
August 1938, printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
76.418
