For Kneeland [Text] | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.207
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: For Kneeland [Text]
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1967
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/190572

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and vermilion stamp on Japanese paper

Dimensions

folded sheet: 31 x 20.9 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: black ink, lower edge (twice:) Ben Shahn

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1986; 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: 2002.207
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Work is drawn on a large sheet, folded and sealed; it cannot be opened.

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

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2002.207: For Kneeland [Text]