Clown | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M24919
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Clown
Classification: Prints
Work Type: reproductive print
Date: c. 1960
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/193017

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Photomechanical print with handcoloring

Technique

Photomechanical print

Dimensions

sheet: 45.2 x 31 cm (17 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: plate and hand signed
inscription: left edge and lower left corner of design area, printer's ink, printed, signed, in artist's hand: signature as if the clown were signing and signature as if the print were signed: Ben Shahn / Ben Shahn
inscription: lower right, black ink, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: signature: Ben Shahn

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

State: variant
Standard Reference Number: P. 186

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: M24919
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Clown; offset photolithograph with hand coloring; P. 186; c. 1960

Verification Level

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M24919: Clown