Artist
Ben Shahn (American, born Lithuania, 1898–1969)American, born Lithuania, 1898–1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Child of Strawberry Pickers
- Child of Fortuna family, Hammond, Louisiana
DateOctober 1935, printed 1976
Place depictedHammond, Louisiana, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (23.5 × 34 cm)
Frame: 18 3/4 × 22 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (47.6 × 57.8 × 3.2 cm)
Frame: 18 3/4 × 22 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (47.6 × 57.8 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number76.299
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Manes Center of the Union of Czechoslovak Creative Artists, Progue, c/o U.S.I.A., Washington, D.C. for "The 150th Anniversary of the Invention of Photography: Prague 1989," from Aug. 1 to Sep. 30, 1989 (LN:89.10).
Exhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008
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