Caliban | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M14300
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Caliban
Other Titles: Alternate Title: "Calabanes," also "TV Antenna"
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1953
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/260756

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Screen print in black

Technique

Screen print

Dimensions

sheet: 64.5 x 98.4 cm (25 3/8 x 38 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: signed

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, June 14, 1965.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: 7
Standard Reference Number: P. 20

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1965
Object Number: M14300
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Caliban or Calabanes or TV Antennae; screen print in black; P. 20; 1953

Publication History

Courtney J. Martin, Four Generations: The Joyner/Giuffride Collection of Abstract Art, Gregory R. Miller & Co. (New York, NY, 2019), p. 26, fig. 9, ill. (color)

Verification Level

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M14300: Caliban