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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.220.B
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
McCarthy Peace (McCarthy) [Text]
Other Titles
Alternate Title: McCarthy Peace
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1968
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190551

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white tracing paper
Dimensions
15.7 x 61.3 cm (6 3/16 x 24 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, CA. On loan to the Harvard University Art Museums since 1999.

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
2002.220.B
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Preparatory lettering for a 1968 poster.

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

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