2020.257: Jonas Henry Patrick Lie "Treason is Treason"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2020.257

People

Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)

Title

Jonas Henry Patrick Lie "Treason is Treason"

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1935

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/195960

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Mixed media (ink, watercolor, and gouache) on paper

Dimensions

sheet: 40 x 30.7 cm (15 3/4 x 12 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, graphite: [printer's marks]
• inscription: recto, right center, oriented horizontally, graphite, in artist's hand: combination
• inscription: recto, upper right, graphite: +
  616 [circled]
• inscription: recto, lower right, graphite: X
  
  Treason is Treason
• inscription: recto, lower center, graphite: [printer's marks]
• inscription: verso, upper center, graphite, in artist's hand: combination
• inscription: verso, lower right, oriented upside down, graphite: 1801-2 [gallery code number]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Terry Dittenfass Gallery, NYC], sold; to Deborah Martin Kao (c.2003-2020), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2020.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Deborah Martin Kao in memory of Kenneth Ken-Sin Kao, MArch 1983

Copyright

© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

2020

Object Number

2020.257

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Illustration for Art Front 1 (April 1935), page 2

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