Bookshop: Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books, 1953

  • Ben Shahn, American, 1898-1969

Tempera on panel

  • 38 1/4 × 31 3/8 × 2 inches (97.2 × 79.7 × 5.1 cm)

Gift of John S. Newberry

55.1

Signed, lower right: Ben Shahn

1955-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bulletin of the DIA 34, no. 3 (1954-55): 74 (ill.). New Accessions USA. Exh. cat., Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Colorado Springs, 1956, no. 26. Ben Shahn, a Documentary Exhibition. Exh. cat., Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Boston, 1957. Sixth Annual Festival of Arts. Exh. cat., Ferris State College. Big Rapids, MI, 1964. The John S. Newberry Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1965. 20th Century American Painting. Exh. cat., Grand Rapids Art Museum. Grand Rapids, 1967, no. 28 (ill.). Ben Shahn: Paintings and Graphics. Exh. cat., Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Indianapolis, 1967.

Ben Shahn, Bookshop: Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books, 1953, tempera on panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 55.1.