From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Triciput, Ex Libris Erich Kahler (bookplate)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M25487
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Triciput, Ex Libris Erich Kahler (bookplate)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1956
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/193189

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Photomechanical print in black ink

Technique

Photomechanical print

Dimensions

sheet: 10.1 x 8.5 cm (4 x 3 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Plate signed
inscription: in block surrounding image, printer's ink, photomechanical relief print, signed: TRICIPVT [arched around the top] EX LIB [to left of head] RIS [to right of head] ERICH KAHLER [across bottom

Provenance

Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: variant
Standard Reference Number: P. 68, P. 69, P. 246

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: M25487
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Descriptions

Description: TRICIPUT or An Allegory of Prudence (AFTER TITIAN)

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

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