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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25525
People
Stefan Martin, American (1936 - 1994)
After Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Ecclesiastes
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1965
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192285

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood engraving printed on Japan goyu paper
Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
36.83 x 26.67 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in block, lower right, printer's ink, engraved, in artist's hand: Ben Shahn
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: "Ecclesiastes" trial proof Stefan Martin inc. imp. (inc. imp. = cut [this] printed [this])

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

Edition
Trial proof
Standard Reference Number
P. 246a

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
M25525
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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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