2002.192: Transliteration of Ben Shahn's Name into Chinese Characters (Bian Shan = debate + mountain)
Drawings
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.192
- People
-
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
- Title
- Transliteration of Ben Shahn's Name into Chinese Characters (Bian Shan = debate + mountain)
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Chinese Letters
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1965
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/190550
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 34.4 cm (10 13/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- watermark: HandMade
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Ben Shahn; to Bernarda Bryson Shahn, 1969; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores S. Taller
- Copyright
- © Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.192
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.
Descriptions
- Description
- Design is drawn on right half of sheet. Discoloration down center indicates sheet was folded vertically.
Exhibition History
- The Shape of Content: The Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/27/1999 - 03/26/2000
Verification Level
This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu