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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1993.177
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Dancers
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Square Dance
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1947
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310091

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray-black ink on off-white wove paper, mounted on board
Dimensions
62.8 x 47.3 cm (24 3/4 x 18 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: graphite, lower right: To Nellie with love Ben Shahn
  • label: no. 53.2535
  • label: no. 54.860

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ben Shahn, gift; to Eleanor H. Bunce (Mrs. John Lee Bunce), Bloomfield, Connecticut, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1993.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. John Lee Bunce in Honor of Agnes Mongan
Copyright
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1993
Object Number
1993.177
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
The drawing is based on a print from a series of photographs, "Square Dance, Skyline Farms," 1937, in the Library of Congress (RA/FSA: 6281M1).

Publication History

  • Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, 1953, no. 18, p. 151 (United States section)
  • James Thrall Soby, Ben Shahn: His Graphic Art, George Braziller, Inc. (New York, NY, 1957), no. 42, repr.
  • Ben Shahn: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., New Jersey State Museum (Trenton, NJ, 1969), no. 58

Exhibition History

  • II Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, 11/01/1953 - 02/01/1954
  • Venice Biennale XXVII, Venice Biennale XXVII, 1954, Venice, 06/19/1954 - 10/17/1954
  • The Art of Ben Shahn, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/04/1956 - 01/19/1957
  • Ben Shahn: A Retrospective Exhibition, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 09/20/1969 - 11/16/1969

Verification Level

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