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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.182
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Cover Design for "Buddenbrooks," by Thomas Mann
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1950
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193500

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White tempera on acetate, black ink on off-white and cream wove paper (collage)
Technique
Collage
Dimensions
22.6 x 28.7 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
sheet: 22.6 x 28.9 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: white tempera, lower center: Ben Shahn
  • inscription: left half of sheet, blue pencil: Red [ ] out to / size as shown / on mechanical
  • inscription: on paper, l.l., graphite: 851
  • inscription: u.r. on paper, blue pencil: [illeg.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Estate of Ben Shahn; to [Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1988; 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
2002.182
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Acetate over paper; title drawn on cream paper, drawing on off-white

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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