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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25656
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
The First Word of Verse Arises (Rilke Portfolio)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Rilke Portfolio
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1968
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193063

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 57 x 45 cm (22 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: plate signed

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

Edition
717
Standard Reference Number
P. 136

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
M25656
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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