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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.175
People
Imitator of Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Man With Guitar, for "Sing Sorrow"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1946
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193351

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black fiber-tip ink on thin cream wove paper mounted to white cardboard
Dimensions
20.6 x 25.2 cm (8 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
mount: 25.2 x 29.8 cm (9 15/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: taped to verso, paper: [Memo:] THE BEN SHAHN ARCHIVE / Dr. Stephen Lee Taller/ 743 Spruce Street / Berkeley, CalifornIa 94707 / (510) 525-0592 fax (510) 525-0592 / E-mail dtaller @igc.apc.org / August 24, 1997 / THIS PIECE "SING SORROW" WAS PURCHASED FROM SAN RAFAEL AUCTION GALLERIES IN 1995 BY STEPHEN LEE TALLER. IT IS CLOSELY RELATED TO OTHER PIECES BY MR SHAHN BUT NO DOCUMENTATION OR PROVENANCE CAN BE FOUND PRIOR TO 1995 SALE... MY PERSONAL OPINION AS WELL AS THAT OF A TRAINED ART RESTORER AND A PRINT GALLERY OWNER IS THAT THE PIECE IS NOT AUTHENTIC.
  • inscription: l.r., black ink: Ben Shahn

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[San Rafael Auction Gallery, San Rafael, California], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1995; to Dolores Taller, gift; to 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
Copyright
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.175
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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