Rex (Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M25528
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Rex (Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher)
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1970
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/191675

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Wood engraving printed in black ink on Japan goyu paper

Technique

Wood engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 37.2 x 27.3 cm (14 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: plate signed

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: posthumous
Standard Reference Number: P. 249

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores S. Taller
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: M25528
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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