He Worshipped The Worm (Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Portfolio)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M25504
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: He Worshipped The Worm (Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Portfolio)
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Portfolio
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1931
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/193170

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph printed in Sepia

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 33.2 x 25.4 cm (13 1/16 x 10 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

Standard Reference Number: P. 95

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: M25504
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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M25504: He Worshipped The Worm (Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Portfolio)