Harvard Art Museums > M24907: Silent Night 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"Silent Night (Ben Shahn) , M24907,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192537. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M24907 People Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY) Title Silent Night Classification Prints Work Type print, greeting card Date 1949 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192537 Physical Descriptions Medium Screen print in black Technique Screen print Dimensions sheet: 31 x 46.6 cm (12 3/16 x 18 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: plate signed inscription: lower right, black ink, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: signature: Ben Shahn inscription: verso: what would be the inside right of the folded sheet, black ink, handwritten: greeting card inscription, probably written by Bernarda Shahn: Greetings from Ben and Bernarda inscription: verso: what would be the inner lower left edge of the folded card, blue ballppoint ink, handwritten, signed: the artist's wife's authentication of the print: THIS IS AN ORIGINAL SERIGRAPH BY BEN SHAHN MADE CA. 1953 / & SENT TO SEVERAL FRIENDS AS A CHRISTMAS GREETING / Bernarda Shahn seal: lower edge, just to left of center fold, printer's ink, screenprinted: union printshop seal 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. 10 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 M24907 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 SILENT NIGHT; Screen print in black; P. 10; 1949 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 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
