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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25441
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
McCarthy Peace
Other Titles
Alternate Title: campaign poster for Eugene McCarthy
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1968
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193074

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Poster; offset photolithograph printed in colors
Technique
Photolithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 97.7 x 64.1 cm (38 7/16 x 25 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: signed
  • stamp: left of design, red ink, stamp: the artist's personal mark
  • inscription: left of design, black crayon, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: Ben Shahn / for Marty

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.194

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
M25441
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

Verification Level

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