Harvard Art Museums > M25678: Princeton Needs Archie Alexander 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"Princeton Needs Archie Alexander (Ben Shahn) , M25678,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192810. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M25678 People Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY) Title Princeton Needs Archie Alexander Other Titles Alternate Title: Princeton Needs a Housing Plan, campaign poster for Archie Alexander Classification Prints Work Type print, poster Date 1968 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192810 Physical Descriptions Medium Screen print printed in black and red on yellow cardboard Technique Screen print Dimensions sheet: 61 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: plate signed legend: entire surface of poster, printer's ink, screen print: PRINCETON NEEDS / A HOUSING PLAN / A TRAFFIC [hand] / [hand] SOLUTION / A YOUTH CENTER / MINIMIZED [hand] / [hand] TAXATION / A MAYOR [hand] AVAILABLE TO ALL PRINCETON NEEDS/ ARCHIE ALEXANDER / Paid for by Friends of Alexander [space] RAINIERI'S ART SERVICE HOPEWELL, N.J [The first line, last two lines, funders' and printer's identification, and pointing hands are printed in black; the lines conveying 'needs' are printed in red.] inscription: right edge of poster, printer's ink, screen print, signed, in artist's hand: Ben Shahn 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 Standard Reference Number P.196 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 M25678 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. Descriptions Description printed in colors; P. 196; 1968; the reverse of the poster bears an impression of the black screen only; see 'marks' for a description 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 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
