About the Artwork
Bookshop: Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books
1953
Ben Shahn
1898-1969
American
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Tempera on panel
Framed: 38 1/4 × 31 3/8 × 2 inches (97.2 × 79.7 × 5.1 cm)
Paintings
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of John S. Newberry
55.1
Restricted
Markings
Signed, lower right: Ben Shahn
Provenance
1955-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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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.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Ben Shahn, Bookshop: Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books, 1953, tempera on panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 55.1.
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