Nights of Travel that Flew with the Stars (Rilke Portfolio)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M24414
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Nights of Travel that Flew with the Stars (Rilke Portfolio)
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Rilke Portfolio
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1968
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/180530

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph printed in black, blue and gray with gold

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 57 x 45 cm (22 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: hand signed
inscription: lower right margin, red watercolor, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: Ben Shahn

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Melvin R. Seiden, New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, September 26, 2000.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: P. 130

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Melvin R. Seiden in honor of Dan Meyerson
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: M24414
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: NIGHTS OF TRAVEL THAT FLEW WITH THE STARS from the Rilke Portfolio; lithograph in colors of a night sky; 1968

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M24414: Nights of Travel that Flew with the Stars (Rilke Portfolio)