Bookshop: Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books

Ben Shahn American, 1898-1969
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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

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Signed, lower right: Ben Shahn

Provenance

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

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Published References

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

Bookshop:  Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books
Bookshop:  Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books