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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25600
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Cowboy Ballads
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1958
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193238

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Photomechanical print on gold cardstock
Technique
Photomechanical print
Dimensions
sheet: 25.5 x 25.4 cm (10 1/16 x 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: plate signed
  • inscription: lower right of design area, printer's ink, photomechanical reproduction, signed, in artist's hand: Ben Shahn
  • legend: above, below, and to left of design, printer's ink, photomechanical reproduction: COWBOY BALLADS [...] Folkways Records FA2022 [the title of the album, its songs' titles, its manufacturer's name, address, and record number, the Library of Congress number, etc.]

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
Copyright
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
M25600
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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