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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24929
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Say No to the No-Sayer, Vote Johnson
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Campaign poster for Lyndon Johnson
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, poster
Date
1964
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193104

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Screen print
Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
sheet: 71.4 x 55.9 cm (28 1/8 x 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: hand signed, l.r.: Ben Shahn
  • legend: below image of Goldwater, red and black printer's ink, screen print, in artist's hand: The legend is printed in black except for the word AGAINST: HE SAYS NO TO CIVILIZATION AND SURVIVAL / HE VOTED AGAINST / NUCLEAR TEST BAN / CIVIL RIGHTS ACT / TAX REDUCTION / MEDICAL CARE FOR THE AGED / MINIMUM WAGE LEGISLATION / SAY NO TO THE NO-SAYER / VOTE JOHNSON
  • inscription: lower right corner, red crayon, handwritten, 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, 2000.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
P. 185

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores Taller
Copyright
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
M24929
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Campaign poster for Johnson

Verification Level

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