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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24935
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Ecclesiastes
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1966
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192631

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Screen print in sepia with calligraphy in black
Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
sheet: 57.4 x 45 cm (22 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • legend: lower margin, printer's ink, screen printed, Hebrew, in artist's hand: from Ecclesiastes 11:19: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
P. 69

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores Taller
Copyright
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
M24935
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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