Ben Shahn

Burlesque, New York

1932

A man buys a ticket at a burlesque theater box office while another attendant speaks.
A man buys a ticket at a burlesque theater box office while another attendant speaks.

Ben Shahn, Burlesque, New York, 1932. Gelatin silver print, overall: 6 9/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16.7 × 23.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 97.98.13. © Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1932

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Overall: 6 9/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16.7 × 23.7 cm)

Accession number
97.98.13

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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