Sweet Was the Song | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M25486
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Sweet Was the Song
Classification: Books
Work Type: book
Date: 1956
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/193144

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Photomechanical print on paper printed in black ink

Technique

Photomechanical print

Dimensions

7.9 x 13.3 cm (3 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: 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

Standard Reference Number: P. 227

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores S. Taller
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: M25486
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: SWEET WAS THE SONG holiday book with music, lyrics, and illustrations (#P227) 1956 (B/W)

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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M25486: Sweet Was the Song