Harvard Art Museums > M25628-M25656: Rilke Portfolio Prints Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Rilke Portfolio (Ben Shahn) , M25628-M25656,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jun 16, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/321106. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M25628-M25656 People Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY) Title Rilke Portfolio Other Titles Series/Book Title: Rilke Portfolio Classification Prints Work Type portfolio Date 1968 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/321106 Physical Descriptions Medium Lithographs printed in black Technique Lithograph Dimensions sheet: 57 x 45 cm (22 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: plate signed Provenance Recorded Ownership History Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition 717 Standard Reference Number P. 114 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 M25628-M25656 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description HEADPIECE (Rilke Portfolio); Lithograph printed in black; P. 114; 1968 Related Objects Object Number M25631 Artist Ben Shahn Title Many Cities (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25646 Artist Ben Shahn Title In Rooms Withdrawn and Quiet (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25652 Artist Ben Shahn Title Screams of Women in Labor (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25653 Artist Ben Shahn Title Of Light, White Sleeping Women in Childbed (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25656 Artist Ben Shahn Title The First Word of Verse Arises (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25628 Artist Ben Shahn Title Headpiece (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25629 Artist Ben Shahn Title Frontispiece (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25632 Artist Ben Shahn Title Many Men (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25633 Artist Ben Shahn Title Many Things (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25634 Artist Ben Shahn Title One Must Know the Animals (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25635 Artist Ben Shahn Title How the Birds Fly (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25639 Artist Ben Shahn Title To Roads in Unknown Regions (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25640 Artist Ben Shahn Title Unexpected Meetings (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25642 Artist Ben Shahn Title Partings Long Seen Coming (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25655 Artist Ben Shahn Title Beside the Dead (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25636 Artist Ben Shahn Title The Gestures of Little Flowers (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25641 Artist Ben Shahn Title Partings Long Seen Coming (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25643 Artist Ben Shahn Title To Days of Childhood (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25649 Artist Ben Shahn Title Nights of Travel that Flew with the Stars (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25650 Artist Ben Shahn Title Nights of Travel that Flew with the Stars (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25651 Artist Ben Shahn Title Memories of Many Nights of Love (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25654 Artist Ben Shahn Title Beside the Dying (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25630 Artist Ben Shahn Title Many Cities (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25637 Artist Ben Shahn Title The Gestures of the Little Flowers (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25638 Artist Ben Shahn Title To Roads in Unknown Regions (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25644 Artist Ben Shahn Title To Parents One Had to Hurt (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25645 Artist Ben Shahn Title To Childhood Illnesses (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25647 Artist Ben Shahn Title Mornings by the Sea (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Object Number M25648 Artist Ben Shahn Title The Sea Itself (Rilke Portfolio) Classification Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. 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