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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.195
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Starving Children
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1950
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193413

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on heavy off-white machine-made wove paper
Dimensions
29.7 x 39.7 cm (11 11/16 x 15 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.l.: Ben Shahn

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Artspace, Berkeley, California], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1986; 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
2002.195
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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