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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.258.1
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
One of three three sketches of prisoners for Riker's Island Peniteniary Mural
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371239

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on paper

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
2020.258.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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