Cisco Huston Cowboy Songs | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M25599
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Cisco Huston Cowboy Songs
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Cowboy Ballads
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1958
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/193252

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Photomechanical print in black and green

Technique

Photomechanical print

Dimensions

sheet: 32.1 x 31.5 cm (12 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: plate signed
legend: upper and lower edges of washed border, photomechanical relief block: dropped lettering in colored wash: CISCO HUSTON / COWBOY SONGS / DISC

Provenance

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

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: M25599
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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