Be Careful | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M25666
People: Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title: Be Careful
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Resettlement Administration Safety Poster No. 3
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1937
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/192733

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Poster; photolithograph printed in black and red

Technique

Photolithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 50.5 x 35.6 cm (19 7/8 x 14 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: unsigned
legend: yes, below image, black printer's ink, photolithograph: BE CAREFUL / RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION / SAFTEY POSTER NO. 3 115449-0 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1937

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; 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
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: M25666
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

The Shape of Content: The Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/27/1999 - 03/26/2000

Verification Level

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