Harvard Art Museums > M24906: Laissez-Faire Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Laissez-Faire (Ben Shahn) , M24906,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192502. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M24906 People Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY) Title Laissez-Faire Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1947 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192502 Physical Descriptions Medium Screen print in colors Technique Screen print Dimensions sheet: 42.5 x 58.2 cm (16 3/4 x 22 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Ben Shahn inscription: lower left of design area, black printer's ink, screenprinted, signed, in artist's hand: printed signature: Ben Shahn inscription: lower left, black printer's ink, sreenprinted: Pippin Press copyright symbol Provenance Recorded Ownership History Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2000. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number P. 8 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores Taller Copyright © Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 2000 Object Number M24906 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. Publication History Stephen Lee Taller and Frances K. Pohl, Remembering Ben Shahn: Selections from the Stephen Lee Taller Collection, exh. cat., Judah L. Magnes Museum (Berkeley, California, 1998), p. 7, ill. Ben Shahn: On Nonconformity, exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid, 2023), p. 197, ill. (color) Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
