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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.71
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Susanna Wittenberg
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1929-1930
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194158

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on cream card
Dimensions
28.1 x 13 cm (11 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ben Shahn; to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wittenberg; to their daughter Susanna Wittenberg Berger, New Rochelle, New York; gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Susanna Wittenberg Berger
Copyright
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.71
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
There is a rough preliminary sketch for the portrait on the verso.

Publication History

  • Ben Shahn: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., New Jersey State Museum (Trenton, NJ, 1969), no. 3

Exhibition History

  • Ben Shahn: A Retrospective Exhibition, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 09/20/1969 - 11/16/1969

Verification Level

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