Harvard Art Museums > 2002.218: Peace (Poster Design for the Committee for Peaceful Alternatives) Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Peace (Poster Design for the Committee for Peaceful Alternatives) (Ben Shahn) , 2002.218,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/193414. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2002.218 People Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY) Title Peace (Poster Design for the Committee for Peaceful Alternatives) Other Titles Alternate Title: Peace Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1969 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/193414 Physical Descriptions Medium Gouache, black ink, and collage on heavy off-white wove paper Dimensions 79 x 55.1 cm (31 1/8 x 21 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: blue gouache, center right: Ben Shahn inscription: verso, graphite: Z-1398 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Estate of Ben Shahn; to [Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1988; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums 2002. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores S. Taller Copyright © Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 2002 Object Number 2002.218 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The dove, with black ink and stripes of gouache, has been cut out from a separate sheet and pasted down to the secondary support. Old adhesive all over recto in upper half. Publication History Ben Shahn, Love and Joy About Letters, Grossman Publishers (New York, NY, 1963), repr. in color p. 57 Exhibition History The Shape of Content: The Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/27/1999 - 03/26/2000 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
