Harvard Art Museums > M24909: Where There Is a Book There Is No Sword 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"Where There Is a Book There Is No Sword (Ben Shahn) , M24909,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192583. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M24909 People Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY) Title Where There Is a Book There Is No Sword Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1950 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192583 Physical Descriptions Medium Screen print in black Technique Screen print Dimensions sheet: 53.6 x 36.9 cm (21 1/8 x 14 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Ben Shahn inscription: lower left corner, black ink, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: signature and edition numbering: 145/53 Ben Shahn legend: lower margin, printer's ink, screenprinted, Hebrew, in artist's hand: in old Aramaic script, the Talmudic saying: The man of the sword / is not a man of the book. 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. 12 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 M24909 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. 13, ill. 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
