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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.258
People
Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled (three sketches of prisoners for Riker's Island Peniteniary Mural)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1934-1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194876

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 36.2 x 27.5 cm (14 1/4 x 10 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Terry Dittenfass Gallery, NYC], sold; to Deborah Martin Kao (c.2003-2020), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2020.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Deborah Martin Kao in memory of Kenneth Ken-Sin Kao, MArch 1983
Copyright
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2020
Object Number
2020.258
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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