Chinese Character for Music/Joy (Yuè/Lè) ("Where music is there is joy")

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.215
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Chinese Character for Music/Joy (Yuè/Lè) ("Where music is there is joy")
Other Titles: Alternate Title: "Where Music Is There Is Joy"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1960
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/192902

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 44.7 x 57.5 cm (17 5/8 x 22 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Estate of Ben Shahn; to [Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1989; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums 2002.

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: 2002.215
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
32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/17/2014 - 02/13/2015

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