2002.173: Cover Design for "The Jews Among The Nations," by Erich Kahler

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2002.173

People

Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)

Title

Cover Design for "The Jews Among The Nations," by Erich Kahler

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1967

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/190483

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and blue gouache on off-white illustration board with applied elements

Technique

Collage

Dimensions

23.6 x 17.7 cm (9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, graphite: Baskerville

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Ben Shahn; to Bernarda Bryson Shahn, 1969, gift; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1990; 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

2002.173

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Mechanically-lettered text in black, touched up by hand (or entirely hand-lettered?), and hand-lettered text in blue gouache on off-white illustration board; translucent blue adhesive layer applied to illustration board, with image and Hebrew text printed onto it; text inscribed in white gouache above printed design. An oblong piece of heavy paper has been laid under the blue adhesive layer, leaving a raised shape.

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