Ben Shahn
Fiddlin' Bill Hensley, mountain fiddler, Asheville, North Carolina

ArtistAmerican, born Lithuania, 1898–1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fiddlin' Bill Hensley, mountain fiddler, Asheville, North Carolina
Date1937, printed 1970s
Place depictedAsheville, North Carolina, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/16 × 9 1/2 in. (16.3 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern and James Edward Maloney
Object number2020.203
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Heritage Auctions, Dallas, September 9, 2020, Lot 38099]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom edge: BeN ShAhn [sic] 1937

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