Harvard Art Museums > M24930: And Mine Eyes a Fountain of Tears Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"And Mine Eyes a Fountain of Tears (Ben Shahn) , M24930,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192629. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M24930 People Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY) Title And Mine Eyes a Fountain of Tears Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1965 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192629 Physical Descriptions Medium Screen print in red with black calligraphy Technique Screen print Dimensions sheet: 59 x 46.5 cm (23 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks stamp: lower right of design area, red oil paint, stamped: artist's signature chopmark legend: lower margin, printer's ink, screen printed, Hebrew, in artist's hand: from Jeremiah 9:1: Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain daughters of my people! Provenance Recorded Ownership History Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2000. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number P. 60 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores Taller Copyright © Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 2000 Object Number M24930 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. Publication History Stephen Lee Taller and Frances K. Pohl, Remembering Ben Shahn: Selections from the Stephen Lee Taller Collection, exh. cat., Judah L. Magnes Museum (Berkeley, California, 1998), p. 9 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
