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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25487
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Triciput, Ex Libris Erich Kahler (bookplate)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1956
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193189

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Photomechanical print in black ink
Technique
Photomechanical print
Dimensions
sheet: 10.1 x 8.5 cm (4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Plate signed
  • inscription: in block surrounding image, printer's ink, photomechanical relief print, signed: TRICIPVT [arched around the top] EX LIB [to left of head] RIS [to right of head] ERICH KAHLER [across bottom

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
variant
Standard Reference Number
P. 68, P. 69, P. 246

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores S. Taller
Copyright
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
M25487
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Descriptions

Description
TRICIPUT or An Allegory of Prudence (AFTER TITIAN)

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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