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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.163
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Study of a Man for "The Hickman Story;" verso: Arm and Knee
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1948
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193361

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
15.1 x 22.7 cm (5 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.l. of verso, graphite: 21
  • inscription: l.r. of verso, graphite: Z1171-21

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
Copyright
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.163
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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