Ecclesiastes | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M24935
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Ecclesiastes
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1966
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/192631

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Screen print in sepia with calligraphy in black

Technique

Screen print

Dimensions

sheet: 57.4 x 45 cm (22 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

legend: lower margin, printer's ink, screen printed, Hebrew, in artist's hand: from Ecclesiastes 11:19: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

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. 69

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores Taller
Accession Year: 2000
Object Number: M24935
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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