Sketches for "Prison: The Enemy Of Society," for a Harper's Magazine Cover

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.206
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Sketches for "Prison: The Enemy Of Society," for a Harper's Magazine Cover
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Prison: The Enemy of Society (Cover Design for "Harper's Magazine")
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1954
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/193353

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gouache, black ink, and graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

30.2 x 45.5 cm (11 7/8 x 17 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, graphite: X-298

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Estate of Ben Shahn; to [Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1989; 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: 2002.206
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

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