Harvard Art Museums > M24934: Ecclesiastes 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"Ecclesiastes (Ben Shahn) , M24934,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192630. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M24934 People Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY) Title Ecclesiastes Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1966 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192630 Physical Descriptions Medium Screen print on Japanese paper in black and sepia Technique Screen print Dimensions sheet: 68 x 52 cm (26 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: hand signed inscription: upper left, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: signature: Ben Shahn stamp: upper left, red oil paint, stamped: artist's signature chopmark legend: lower margin, printer's ink, screenprinted, in artist's hand: from Ecclesiastes 11:19: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 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. 68 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 M24934 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. 9 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
